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92-Year-Old Instructor Embodies UNLV’s Lifelong Learning Program
From the Las Vegas Sun Article: Ruth Elliott, 92, teaches a parapsychology course to seniors at the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at UNLV Paradise campus in Las Vegas. She is the oldest instructor at Osher, …
Active and Receptive Arts Participation and Their Association with Mortality Among Adults in the U.S.
Epidemiological studies on the arts are not common in the United States, especially studies on active engagement by older adults. This national study addressed associations between arts participation and mortality, including both passive and active …
Aging Artists on the Creativity of Their Old Age
Drawing on information collected from 88 graphic artists in their 60’s, 70’s, and 80’s, the investigators sought to learn about aging and its effect on their work. They concluded: “The perceived handicaps of aging largely …
Aging in the 21st Century: Challenges and Opportunities for Americans
The Health and Retirement Study is now in its 25th year. With over 3,000 publications reporting on HRS data, this book aims to synthesize some of the research these remarkable data have yielded. The themes …
Booming Blog (The New York Times)
The New York Times “Booming” blog retired in February 2014, but its articles can be accessed on the newspaper’s site.
Breaking the Age Code
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 …
Can America Age Gracefully?
From the article: “America may still think of itself as a young nation, but as a society, it is growing old. Thanks to falling birthrates, longer life expectancy and the graying of the baby boomer …
Creativity Matters: The Arts and Aging Toolkit
From The Arts and Aging Toolkit: This resource is designed for leaders and program staff in public, nonprofit, and for-profit arts and humanities organizations and institutions and in healthcare and aging services organizations, corporations,and institutions. …
Economic Foundations for Creative Ageing Policy, Volume I
This book shows that global population aging is an opportunity to improve the quality of human life rather than a threat to economic competitiveness and stability. It describes the concept of the creative aging policy …