Resources
Key Workers: Creative Ageing in Lockdown and Beyond
From the report details: On 23 March 2020, many arts organisations working with older people ‘went remote’ almost overnight, with most starting from scratch. They provided live creative sessions online, demonstrated activities on YouTube, made …
Love in a Cold Climate: Creative Ageing in Finland
From the report details: How is Finland approaching the creative and cultural rights of and provision for older people? This report is aimed at practitioners such as artists and carers, as well as policy makers …
Exercise Type and Activities of Daily Living Disability in Older Women: An 8-Year Population-based Cohort Study
In Japan, 1,003 older women were studied for 8 years with the goal of understanding what exercise types reduced their capacity to carry out activities of daily living (ADL) such as walking, dressing, and bathing. …
Interdisciplinary Aspects of Cultural Engagement in Older Adults: Who/What/Why/When/How
In this white paper, Roberts defines cultural engagement as “successfully engaging in an active (music making) or passive (attending a concert) cultural endeavor with others.” She examines the insights of researchers from a variety of …
NeuroArts Blueprint: Advancing the Science of Arts, Health, and Wellbeing
The NeuroArts Blueprint: Advancing the Science of Arts, Health, and Wellbeing is a broad interdisciplinary initiative designed to showcase the scientific evidence that explains why and how engaging with art, either as maker or user, …
As We Live Longer, How Should Life Change? There is a Blueprint.
This article provides an overview of “The New Map of Life,” developed by the Stanford Center on Longevity that “reimagines education, careers, cities and life transitions for lives that span a century (or more).” Journalist …
Keynote: The New Map of Life, Stanford Longevity Forum 2018
Dr. Laura Carstensen, Founder and Director of the Stanford Center on Longevity, was the keynote speaker at the 2018 Longevity Forum at Stanford University. In this talk she summarizes the “dramatic and profound” increase in …
Lifelong Learning and the Lessons of the Pandemic
The Lifelong Learning Virtual Panel convened by The Longevity Project in Collaboration with the Stanford Center on Longevity brought together experts in the sociology of education, global education and digital learning to discuss how the …
2020 Century Summit
The 4-day 2020 Longevity Summit, held virtually, was organized by The Longevity Project and the Stanford Center on Longevity to bring together leaders in multiple sectors to discuss “the implications of the 100-year life.” Building …
Subjective Experiences of Participatory Arts Engagement of Healthy Older People and Explorations of Creative Aging
This research reports on findings from a qualitative focus group study designed to assess the experiences of healthy older people, living at home, who engaged in participatory arts activities. What makes the study stand out …