Resources
Center for Aging & Community
Websites
From The University of Indianapolis Center for Aging & Community site: The University of Indianapolis Center for Aging & Community (CAC) is one of Indiana’s leading centers for Aging Studies, using an interdisciplinary approach to …
Center on Aging and Community Living
Websites
From the Center on Aging and Community site: The Center on Aging and Community Living (CACL) is a collaboration between the Institute on Disability (IOD) and the Institute for Health Policy and Practice (IHPP) at …
Creative Aging: A Meaning-Making Perspective
Books and Chapters
From the publisher: Creative Aging is unique in its blending of the theoretical and the practical. On the one hand, attention is given to discussions of perspectives on aging, definitions of creativity, theoretical frameworks for …
Characteristics of Successful Partnerships Between Libraries, Schools, and Community Agencies
via Library Philosophy and Practice | Reports
From the introduction: Collaboration is constantly promoted as a valued activity for educators, librarians, and social service professionals. Shared resources, as well as shared responsibilities, can lead to reduced costs and positive outcomes for a …
How Healthy Are We?: A National Study of Well-being at Midlife
Research and Studies
From the publisher: The culmination of a decade and a half of research by leading scholars, How Healthy Are We? will dramatically alter the way we think about health in middle age and the factors …
UCSF Memory and Aging Center
Websites
From the UCSF Memory and Aging Center site: The mission of the UCSF Memory and Aging Center is to provide the highest quality of care for individuals with cognitive problems, to conduct research on causes …
Reminiscence and Oral History: Parallel Universes or Shared Endeavour?
via Ageing & Society | Research and Studies
From the abstract: There is a common methodology to reminiscence and life review with older people and oral history, and yet very little common literature. The distinguishing characteristics of these approaches are described and three …
Arts, Education, the Brain, and Language
via Arts, Learning, and the Brain | Books and Chapters
From the abstract: This study uses neuroscientific methods to examine whether there are cognitive differences between performing arts and non-performing arts students and among students studying different performing arts, in particular between music students and …
Arts Organizations and Public Health: Developing Relationships and Programs to Address Local Health Priorities
Reports
Partners for Livable Communities (Partners) releases, “Arts Organizations and Public Health,” a guide to creating partnerships between art and health organizations. This primer was designed for the arts organization that wishes to initiate programming focused …
Art Therapy: Enhancing the Lives of Older Adults
Toolkits
From the toolkit: Art can be a powerful activity for older adults. For many seniors art is a lifelong passion, for others, art is a hobby that they never had the time to pursue. No …