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A 7-year-study of 70,000 elderly people from 19 towns in Japan has found that the more public library books there are in a town, the fewer residents need long-term nursing care.

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This is a new study, however, not merely looking at correlated trends. Here's a link to the paper: Public libraries and functional disability: A cohort study of Japanese older adults - ScienceDirect share.google/wEUuFOj3zgp8...

share.googlePublic libraries and functional disability: A cohort study of Japanese older adultsThis study examined the association between the presence of public libraries and functional disability risk among community-dwelling older adults. We …