Creative Aging: Drawing on the Arts to Enhance Healthy Aging

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From the abstract:

The term “creative aging,” in the broadest sense, describes an aging policy idea that focuses on highlighting the creativity of older adults in order to prepare individuals and communities to manage old age. Programs focus on the evolution of creativity over the lifespan and aim to provide meaningful participatory engagement, especially through the arts.

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subject terms

Aging & Longevity > Aging & Longevity

Creative Aging > Arts Education

contributor

Andrzej Klimczuk

related organization

SGH Warsaw School of Economics, Poland

resource type

Books and Chapters

year

2016

keywords

creative ageing, Creative Aging, creativity, Gerontology, healthy ageing, healthy aging, Poland

program site types

Arts Organizations, Community Centers, Senior Centers