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The Creativity and Aging Study: The Impact of Professionally Conducted Cultural Programs on Older Adults

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In 2001, the National Endowment for the Arts developed a cooperative agreement with The George Washington University to conduct a multisite national study with the aim of measuring the impact of professionally conducted community based cultural programs on the general health, mental health, and social activities of older persons, age 65 and older. Referred to as the Creativity and Aging Study, the project’s formal title is “The Impact of Professionally Conducted Cultural Programs on Older Adults”. No previous study of this nature using an experimental design and a control group had been carried out. Results reveal strikingly positive differences in the intervention group (those involved in intensive participatory art programs) as compared to a control group not involved
in intensive cultural programs.

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subject terms

Aging & Longevity

Aging & Longevity > Health: Brain & Mental

Aging & Longevity > Health

Aging & Longevity > Social Interaction & Isolation

Community Engagement

Creative Aging

Creative Aging > Arts Education

Creative Aging > Social Engagement

contributor

Gene Cohen

related organizations

National Endowment for the Arts (NEA)

The George Washington University

resource type

Research and Studies

year

2006

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