Resources
The NHS Long Term Plan
From the Overview: In looking ahead to the Health Service’s 80th birthday, this NHS Long Term Plan takes all three of these realities as its starting point. So to succeed, we must keep all that’s …
Social Prescription Pilot Explores Positive Health Impacts of Cultural Experiences for People & Communities
From the Article: As part of the Agency’s CultureRx Initiative, in 2020 Mass Cultural Council worked with cultural organizations on a Social Prescription Pilot Program designed to positively affect the health and well-being of the people of Massachusetts …
From Training to Practice: Embedding Creative Aging in Our States (NASAA Panel)
From the YouTube Video Description: Every state’s plan for serving older adults through meaningful arts engagement will (and should) look different. Creative aging programs thrive when they are rooted in authentic collaboration and are responsive …
Sirkus Magenta: Aerial Arts for Eldery People
From the Sirkus Magenta Website: Sirkus Magenta is a nonprofit, nonreligious and nonpolitical social circus association based in Helsinki, Finland. We use circus as a tool to promote mental and physical well-being, social inclusion, equality …
Age-Friendly Standards: What Are They?
From the Report: Organisations that sign-up to the Age-Friendly Standards value all generations and want to provide a welcoming and positive experience for everyone, regardless of their age. Whilst many of the Age-Friendly Standards relate …
Study Unveils Benefits & Recommendations for Social Prescription
From the Website: Mass Cultural Council’s “CultureRx”: Evaluation of a Social Prescription Pilot is an exciting new report that explores intersections of arts, culture, and health. It provides an overall description of social prescribing, the …
JF&CS Memory Café Percolator
From the Website: The JF&CS Memory Café Percolator shares information and tools to make it easier for organizations and individuals to start and sustain their own memory café.
Frail, Frump, and Forgotten: A Report on the Movie Roles of Women of Age
From the Report: This is the first global study to systematically analyze representations of older adults, with a specific focus on women ages 50+ in entertainment media. A majority of older adults (77%) have experienced …
Arts Council England: Social Prescribing
From the Website: Social prescribing can connect people to a range of activities that are typically provided by voluntary and community sector organisations such as volunteering, arts activities, group learning, gardening, befriending, cookery, healthy eating …
Breaking the Age Code
About the Book: The often-surprising results of Levy’s science offer stunning revelations about the mind-body connection. She demonstrates that many health problems formerly considered to be entirely due to the aging process, such as memory …