Resources
The Creativity and Aging Study: the Impact of Professionally Conducted Cultural Programs – Final Report
Reports | 2006
Cohen, Gene, The Creativity and Aging Study: The Impact of Professionally Conducted Cultural Progams on Older Adults, Final Report. April 2007
Index of Wellbeing in Later Life
Reports | 2017
Age UK is a multi-faceted national agency that carries out advocacy, research, and programs to advance the quality of life for older residents of the UK. It has created the Index of Wellbeing, “a new …
Opportunities of Creative Aging Programs: Can Creative Arts Programs Be Cost-Effective Ways to Improve the Health and Wellbeing of Older Adults in America?
via International Journal of Creativity and Human Developmet | Reports | 2017
This article explores the connection between older adults‰ŰŞ involvement in arts programs and wellbeing in later life. Through participation in creative arts programs, older adults can be supported to live well longer by improving self-esteem …
The Power of Purposeful Aging
Reports | 2016
With people living longer than ever and the world‰ŰŞs older population expanding at an unprecedented rate, the Milken Institute Center for the Future of Aging convened the Purposeful Aging Summit in Los Angeles in 2016. …
Metlife Foundation Creative Aging Program: Findings From the Inaugural Year
via MetLife Foundation Creative Aging Program Executive Summary | Reports | 2008
In 2008, the National Guild for Community Arts Education (then the National Guild of Community Schools of the Arts) received funding from the MetLife Foundation to pilot the Creative Aging Program. The program provided in-depth …
Life’s Third Act
| 2011
From TED: “Within this generation, an extra 30 years have been added to our life expectancy — and these years aren’t just a footnote. Jane Fonda asks how we can re-imagine this new phase of …
Let’s End Ageism
Videos | 2017
From TED: “It’s not the passage of time that makes it so hard to get older. It’s ageism, a prejudice that pits us against our future selves — and each other. Ashton Applewhite urges us …
Edie
via 360 Degree Communications | Documentaries and Films | 2019
From 360 Degree Communications: “Believing that it__s never too late, newly widowed Edie (Sheila Hancock) embarks on a trip to the Scottish Highlands to fulfill her dream of climbing the intimidating Mt. Suilven, striking up …
Death Metal Grandma
via The New York Times | Documentaries and Films | 2017
From The New York Times: This film “…touches on themes of reinvention, cross-generational relationships and sharing your truth. It profiles Inge Ginsberg, a 96-year-old who fled the Holocaust and became a poet and songwriter for …
Young@Heart
Documentaries and Films | 2009
From PBS Independent Lens: “The Young@Heart Chorus, a group composed of New England senior citizens, has delighted audiences worldwide with renditions of songs by artists from The Clash to Coldplay. YOUNG@HEART chronicles seven weeks in …