Resources
Unboxed: An Intergenerational LGBTQ+ Program Exploring Identity Through Art & Stories
This post on the website of LinkAGES, a Denver based foundation that supports intergenerational initiatives, provides an excellent overview of “Unboxed,” a digital intergenerational storytelling program for LGBTQ+ participants. Developed by the Denver Public Library …
Implementing and Expanding Virtual Programming For Older Adults
From engAGED’s e-blast: “With virtual programming here to stay as a way to reach older adults who are reluctant or unable to attend in person, engAGED worked with Project Advisory Committee member and subcontracted partner …
Age-Friendly Standards
From the Fantastic for Families website: Organizations 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 …
Place Making or Making Place: Age of Creativity
This partnership event was co-devised by colleagues at Keele University, Staffordshire University and Age UK Oxfordshire, as part of the Age of Creativity Festival 2022 and Creative Later Life 2025. This panel discussion covered topics and …
Creative and Cultural Activities and Wellbeing in Later Life
Following on Age UK’s development of an Index of Wellbeing, which indicated that cultural and creative participation is the single most important factor affecting wellbeing in later life, Age UK undertook a second phase of …
Untapped Opportunity: Older Americans & the Arts
From the report by Culture Track and E.A. Michelson Philanthropy: In just a few years, and for the first time in history, Americans age 65 and older will outnumber those under 18. Older adults today …
Queering Community Through Intergenerational Arts Experiences in the Museum.
“Stay Gold” is an intergenerational arts program for LGBTQIA+ people, that the Museum of Contemporary Art Tucson has offered for several years. In this article the three individuals who contributed to the design and implementation …
Stay Gold: An Intergenerational LGBTQIA+ Arts Program
This chapter in a museum education reference work is an in-depth study of “Stay Gold: An Intergenerational LGBTQIA+ Arts Program” offered in 2020-2021 at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Tucson AZ (MOCA Tucson). The …
Older Adults Celebrate LGBT Identity, Pride in Art Exhibit, Book
This article examines “Not Another Second” a joint project of Watermark Communities and Sage, the oldest organization dedicated to improving the lives of LGBT older people. “Not Another Second” stands for the collective time in …
A National Survey of Adults 45 and Older: Loneliness and Social Connections
In 2018 AARP commissioned “A National Survey of Adults 45 and Older: Loneliness and Social Connections.” Among the findings was a startling statistic: 1/3 of US adults ages 45 and over feel lonely. Other facts, …