Resources
Aging and Gender in Literature
By adding consideration of age to that of race, gender, and class, this innovative volume seeks to show how growing older affects literary creativity and psychological development and to examine how individual writing careers begin …
The Creative Age: Awakening Human Potential in the Second Half of Life
In this groundbreaking book, world-renowned psychiatrist and researcher Gene D. Cohen takes us to the wellspring of genuine human vitality, the unique creative power generated by age and experience, and shows us how to tap …
Lifelong Learning in Aging Societies: Emerging Paradigms
Learning opportunities for midlife and older adults have proliferated around the world since the early 1970s, We can attribute this growth to one or all of the following: (a) national efforts to promote lifelong learning …
Creativity in Later Life
This collection begins with two premises: that our understanding of the nature and forms of creativity in later life remains limited and that dialogue between specialists in gerontology, the arts and humanities can produce the …
Arts and Older People: A Global Perspective
This chapter focuses on the potential for participatory arts to support a good life in older age. It is motivated by the author’s personal experience of working with older people and a number of other …
Creativity and Learning in Later Life: an Ethnography of Museum Education
Creativity and Learning in Later Life examines how processes such as ‘creativity’ and ‘inspiration’ are experienced by writers who engage with the visual arts, and questions how age is perceived in relation to these processes. …
A Clearer Map for Aging: ‘Elderhood’ Shows How Geriatricians Help Seniors Thrive
In this podcast, geriatrician, Dr. Louise Aronson, shares her thoughts on the health and care of older people in the U.S., narrowing in on topics like how the immune system changes with age, the importance …
How Art Changes Us
From NPR: “Art can evoke powerful feelings. But can it do more? This hour, TED speakers share ideas on the transformative nature of art and its ability to shape the way we see ourselves and …
Jilann Spitzmiller
In this podcast from the National Endowment for the Arts, award-winning filmmaker, Jilann Spitzmiller, talks about “Still Dreaming,” a film which looks at former actors over 80 in an assisted living facility rehearsing and performing, …
Rohan Spong
In this podcast from the National Endowment for the Arts, filmmaker, Rohan Spong, talks about his documentary, “Winter at Westbeth,” which featured three residents of Westbeth Artist Housing in lower Manhattan, all artists ranging in …