Resources
Nebraska Arts Council Creative Aging Program One-Pager
Toolkits | 2025
This one-page dashboard created by the Nebraska Arts Council is a simple, visual snapshot they use to brief legislators, library directors, and community partners across the state.
Creative Aging Is Healthy Aging: How to Make the Case
Creative Aging Resource Journals | 2025
In this issue of The Creative Aging Resource Journal, Nicole Morgan, Research Manager at the University of Florida’s Center for Arts in Medicine, takes us inside the latest research from the U.S. and beyond showing …
Associations of Social, Cultural, and Community Engagement With Health Care Utilization in the US Health and Retirement Study
Research and Studies | 2023
Importance: There is growing evidence for the health benefits associated with social, cultural, and community engagement (SCCE), including for supporting healthy behaviors. However, health care utilization is an important health behavior that has not been …
Participatory and Receptive Arts Engagement in Older Adults: Associations with Cognition Over a Seven-Year Period
via Creativity Research Journal | Research and Studies | 2023
Abstract: There is growing evidence for the impact of arts engagement on later life cognition. However, confounding by socioeconomic factors may have led to an overestimation of this association. We analyzed data from 4,344 older …
Leisure Engagement in Older Age is Related to Objective and Subjective Experiences of Aging
via Nature Communications | Research and Studies | 2024
Abstract: Leisure engagement has potential to slow health and functional decline in older age. However, the benefits of different leisure domains for different aspects of aging remains unclear. In 8771 older adults from the Health …
Engagement in Leisure Activities and Depression in Older Adults in the United States: Longitudinal Evidence From the Health and Retirement Study
Research and Studies | 2022
Background Receptive cultural engagement (e.g. attending theaters and museums) can reduce depression in older adults. However, whether specific participatory leisure activities are associated with lower rates of depression remains unknown. We aimed to test whether …
Adapting your Creative Aging Program for Remote Settings in 10 Steps
Toolkits | 2025
This guide offers key recommendations from Lifetime Arts to help teaching artists and organizations design and deliver remote Creative Aging programs for older adults. While most remote programs are conducted online via video conferencing, some …
Lifetime Arts Resource: Universal Design & Accessibility in Creative Aging Programs
Toolkits | 2025
This guide from Lifetime Arts shares practical tips to make creative aging programs welcoming for all—regardless of age, ability, or background. It covers accessible spaces, adaptive materials, inclusive communication, and class structures that foster comfort …
What Does Creative Aging Look Like?
Creative Aging Resource Journals | 2025
In this issue of The Creative Aging Resource Journal, writer and arts educator, Samantha Oleschuk, breaks down the many ways that creative aging is practiced across various fields, delivery formats, ages, and health conditions. Creative aging …
When the Prescription Is for a Dance Class, Not a Pill
via The New York Times | Articles and Blog Posts | 2024
Prescriptions for social activities, exercise and the arts — first popularized in Britain — are coming to America. But some experts say the U.S. health care system may get in the way.