Resources
A Guide to Mapping and Mobilizing the Associations in Local Neighborhoods
via A Community Building Workbook | Reports | 1999
From the introduction: This is a guide to mapping and mobilizing the capacities of associations functioning in your community.
Gerotranscendence: A Developmental Theory of Positive Aging
Books and Chapters | 2005
From the description: Expanding upon his earlier writings, Dr. Tornstam’s latest book explores the need for new theories in gerontology and sets the stage for the development of his theory of gerotranscendence. This theory was …
Days With My Father
Columns and Blogs | 2006
From the website: After a while, I realized I couldn’t keep telling [my father] that his wife had died. He didn’t remember, and it was killing both of us, to re-live her death constantly. I …
The Joys of Adult Education: From Reading Homer to Racing Porsches
via Harvard Magazine | Reports | 2002
From the abstract: Adults are returning to school for a number of reasons including to expand ones mind, to adjust to the demands of ones personal life, to advance in a job, change careers, or …
The Creativity and Aging Study: the Impact of Professionally Conducted Cultural Programs on Older Adults Final Report (April 2006)
Research and Studies | 2006
From the executive summary: In 2001, the National Endowment for the Arts developed a cooperative agreement with The George Washington University to conduct a multisite national study with the aim of measuring the impact of …
The Creative Center at University Settlement (TCC)
Programs and Initiatives
From the website: In 2011, University Settlement embarked on its newest merger with The Creative Center: Arts in Healthcare, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to bringing the creative arts to people with cancer, chronic illnesses, …
Creative Ageing – Winston Churchill Memorial Trust
Research and Studies
These are the Winston Churchhill Memorial Trust’s findings from Fellows’ research into the beneficial effects of the arts on ageing.
Poetry & Older Adults
Toolkits
From the toolkit: Is there a poem or verse that is particularly significant to you? Perhaps it was read at your high school graduation. Or maybe it was a nursery rhyme you learned at your …
Still Out, Still Aging: the Metlife Study of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Baby Boomers
Research and Studies | 2010
From the introduction: Although predicting the future is a risky venture, asking LGBT Baby Boomers about their plans, fears, and hopes about aging is a good way to begin assessing what aging might look like …
Social Isolation, Loneliness, and All-Cause Mortality in Older Men and Women
via Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America | Research and Studies | 2013
From the abstract: Both social isolation and loneliness are associated with increased mortality, but it is uncertain whether their effects are independent or whether loneliness represents the emotional pathway through which social isolation impairs health. …