Resources
Age-Friendly New York City Initiative
From the Age-Friendly NYC Site: Started as a public-private partnership in 2007, NYAM’s Age-friendly NYC initiative has catalyzed hundreds of changes throughout the city. We have successfully created Age-friendly Neighborhoods, increased pedestrian safety, showed thousands …
The Prophet of the Coming Aging Boom
From the Forbes Article: For three decades Ken Dychtwald has been proclaiming that a demographic tidal wave is approaching America. He calls it the Age Wave, which is also the name of his Emeryville, Calif. …
92-Year-Old Instructor Embodies UNLV’s Lifelong Learning Program
From the Las Vegas Sun Article: Ruth Elliott, 92, teaches a parapsychology course to seniors at the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at UNLV Paradise campus in Las Vegas. She is the oldest instructor at Osher, …
Transforming Community: The Art of Active Aging
From the YouTube Video Description: In this lively talk, Tim discusses the cutting edge developments in programming toward senior health, creativity and civic engagement. He presents case studies of seniors who have engaged in new …
Careful Planning and Continuous Refinement: Online Programming Success for Museo de Historia, Antropología, y Arte
Having been a member of the 2019-2020 Aroha’ Philanthropies’ Seeding Vitality Arts in Museums cohort, Museo de Historia, Antropología, y Arte had some experience delivering remote creative aging programming when they applied for and received …
National Guild for Community Arts Education Benchmarking Data Report 2019
From the National Guild for Community Arts Education site: The latest edition of the National Guild’s Benchmarking Data Report is now available! This report contains a wealth of data—on staff and faculty compensation, instructional fees, …
Above Ground: Information on Artists III: Special Focus New York City Aging Artists
The purpose of Information on Artists III: Special Focus New York City Aging Artists (IOAIII Aging) is to understand how artists — who often reach artistic maturity and increased artistic satisfaction as they age — …
The Performing Arts Legacy Project
Created by the Research Center for Arts and Culture (RCAC) at The Actors Fund (AF), The Performing Arts Legacy Project is an online platform to document and represent the work of older professional artists in …
Rebuilding Pathways: How DEAI and Creative Aging Intersect at the Speed Art Museum
This blog post features critical insights about how museums are poised to think differently about serving all older adults through the delivery of creative aging programming. Toya Northington, Community Outreach Manager at the Speed Art …
Keeping Generations Connected at New England Conservatory
The New England Conservatory of Music (NEC) works with more than 40 senior service organizations around Boston to welcome approximately 75 older adult learners onto their campus each week. When the pandemic initially hit, NEC …