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Resilience in the Elderly
via Journal of Aging Life Care | Articles and Blog Posts
Resilience is multifaceted and complex. It is wrought by a number of individual psychosocial and physiological attributes and resources, and tends to develop best in the context of a supportive environment. The literature reveals a …
The Arts, Health and Aging in America: 2005-2015
via Gerontologist | Articles and Blog Posts
In advance of the White House Conference on Aging (WHCoA) in 1981, 1995, and 2005, the arts and aging communities held mini-conferences to ensure that arts, culture, and livability were part of larger public policy …
What Works for Wellbeing: A Systematic Review of Wellbeing Outcomes for Music and Singing in Adults
via Perspectives in Public Health | Articles and Blog Posts
From a literature review of 5,397 article, the authors anaysed 61 relatively recent studies with some consistency of approach. Most of the programs studied were regular music listening programs or regular group singing. The authors …
News: Creative Aging in American Libraries: the Halftime Report
via Programming Librarian | Articles and Blog Posts
Friedman, co-founder of Lifetime Arts, provides a progress report on the qualitative research carried out by the Touchstone Center for Collaborative Inquiry regarding the impacts on librarians and participants involved in the national expansion first …
Making Aging Positive
via Atlantic Monthly | Articles and Blog Posts
Recent research and applications that indicate how improved quality of life for older adults also improves life for all.
Physical Activity in Older Age: Perspectives for Healthy Ageing and Frailty
via Biogerontology | Articles and Blog Posts
Regular physical activity helps to improve physical and mental functions as well as reverse some effects of chronic disease to keep older people mobile and independent. Despite the highly publicised benefits of physical activity, the …
Making the Ordinary More Extraordinary
via Journal of Holistic Medicine | Articles and Blog Posts
Exploring Creativity in a Health Promotion Practice concerning older adults in a Community-Based Professionally Taught Arts Program. Results of this new study supported and expanded our earlier model of improved psychosocial and mental well-being due …
Impact of Arts Participation on Health Outcomes for Older Adults
via Humanities and the Arts, Journal of Aging | Articles and Blog Posts
The objective of this study was to present findings from a literature review on the documented health benefits of arts programs for older adults. A systematic literature review was conducted to examine research publications on …
Positive Ageing: Objective, Subjective, and Combined Outcomes.
via Electronic Journal of Applied Psychology | Articles and Blog Posts
Examination of the term Positve Ageing in the context of past and current theories of ageing. Fernandez-Ballesteros, Rocio. Positive Ageing: Objective, Subjective and Combined Outcomes. Electronic Journal of Applied Psychology. 7 (1): 22-30. 2011
Exercise Training Increases Size of Hippocampus and Improves Memory
via Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences | Articles and Blog Posts
Here we show, in a randomized controlled trial with 120 older adults, that aerobic exercise training increases the size of the anterior hippocampus, leading to improvements in spatial memory. Exercise training increased hippocampal volume by …