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Prime Time: How Baby Boomers Will Revolutionize Retirement and Transform America
From the Encore site: “Prime Time, which The New York Times called an ‘inspiring, informative, mind-opening book,’ expands the picture so that we become more aware of the potential opportunity present in the aging society, …
Critical Response Process: a Method for Getting Useful Feedback on Anything You Make, from Dance to Dessert
From Liz Lerman’s site: “Through the supportive structure of its four core steps, Critical Response Process combines the power of questions with the focus and challenge of informed dialogue. The Process offers makers an active …
Just What Older People Didn’t Need: More Isolation
The New York Times’ Paula Span reports: “When the committee looked for promising solutions, it found studies showing that attending exercise programs helped reduce isolation — not a useful approach at the moment. The evidence for much-heralded …
‘I Like It, Actually’: Why So Many Older People Thrive in Lockdown
The New York Times’ John Leland reports: “People age 70 and up account for two-thirds of all coronavirus deaths in New York, though they make up less than 10 percent of the population. Yet many …
She’s Alone, 105 and in a Nursing Home Threatened by the Virus
The New York Times’ John Leland reports: “New York’s nursing homes have long been chronically understaffed, leaving family members to fill critical gaps, from feeding their relatives to checking for bedsores or infection. Now those …
Happiness Is a Choice You Make: Lessons from a Year Among the Oldest Old
From the publisher: “In 2015, when the award-winning journalist John Leland set out on behalf of The New York Times to meet members of America’s fastest-growing age group, he anticipated learning of challenges, of loneliness, …
Encore: Finding Work That Matters in the Second Half of Life
From the Encore site: “Baby boomers are inventing a new phase of work. It’s one of the most significant trends of the new century, and the biggest change in the American work force since the …
The Big Shift: Navigating the New Stage Beyond Midlife
From the Encore site: “As millions of boomers cross the threshold into midlife, the discussion about longer lives in America has been entirely about the staggering economic costs of a dramatically aging society. In, “The …
How to Live Forever: The Enduring Power of Connecting the Generations
From the Encore site: “In a poignant book that defies categorization, Freedman finds insights by exploring purpose and generativity, digging into the drive for longevity and the perils of age segregation, and talking to social …
Intergenerational Programming: Working Stories at School One
Intergenerational programming is traditionally structured in a model that puts the older adult into a mentor role of the younger person. Often it is the younger person who creates the work inspired by the older …