Resources
JF&CS Memory Café Percolator
Websites
From the Website: The JF&CS Memory Café Percolator shares information and tools to make it easier for organizations and individuals to start and sustain their own memory café.
Frail, Frump, and Forgotten: A Report on the Movie Roles of Women of Age
Reports
From the Report: This is the first global study to systematically analyze representations of older adults, with a specific focus on women ages 50+ in entertainment media. A majority of older adults (77%) have experienced …
Arts Council England: Social Prescribing
Websites
From the Website: Social prescribing can connect people to a range of activities that are typically provided by voluntary and community sector organisations such as volunteering, arts activities, group learning, gardening, befriending, cookery, healthy eating …
Breaking the Age Code
Books and Chapters
About the Book: The often-surprising results of Levy’s science offer stunning revelations about the mind-body connection. She demonstrates that many health problems formerly considered to be entirely due to the aging process, such as memory …
New Surgeon General Advisory Raises Alarm About the Devastating Impact of the Epidemic of Loneliness and Isolation in the United States
Press Releases
From the Press Release: Today, United States Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy released a new Surgeon General Advisory calling attention to the public health crisis of loneliness, isolation, and lack of connection in our country. …
E.A. Michelson Philanthropy: Videos to Inspire
Videos
From the E.A. Michelson Philanthropy Website: Enjoy these brief inspirational videos from E.A. Michelson Philanthropy. We encourage you to share them — just click the paper airplane icon in the upper-right corner of each. To …
Tenantspin: End of Transmission (Video)
Videos
From the YouTube Video Description: This 15 min documentary is the ‘incomplete guide’ to Tenantspin, it celebrates the project and the people involved. It is the story of the groundbreaking community art project that evolved …
High-Rise Ambition: The Liverpool Pensioners Turned Film Producers
via The Guardian | Articles and Blog Posts
From the Article: Working with the over-65s, technology and digital art – as I have for the past seven years – has proved to me that none of the clichés about older people are true. …
Connecting Through Culture As We Age: Prototype Projects
Websites
From the Website: Following a 6-month process, involving 53 co-designers (including the Connecting Through Culture co-researchers, in collaboration with creative technologists, artists, designers and our charity and community partners), we are excited to announce the …
Connecting Through Culture As We Age: Co-Researcher Film Series
Videos
From the Website: During the last year of Connecting through Culture there have been many discussions with and between co-researchers on personal creative passions, things that people would like to try, things that people would …