Resources
National Endowment for the Arts is the independent federal agency whose funding and support gives Americans the opportunity to participate in the arts, exercise their imaginations, and develop their creative capacities. Accessibility: Creativity & Aging is a component of their work with research and resources available at https://www.arts.gov/impact/accessibility/creativity-and-aging
Lifetime Arts is a nonprofit arts service organization that offers a positive, modern, artistic and social lens through which to serve, inspire and engage America’s growing population of older adults. A range of resources is available on their website at https://www.lifetimearts.org/resources/
Creativity Matters The Arts and Aging Toolkitwas designed for both the arts and aging services fields, this resource offers detailed advice on, and examples for, designing, implementing, and evaluating professionally conducted community arts programs for older adults.
The National Center for Creative Aging (NCCA) is dedicated to fostering an understanding of the vital relationship between creative expression and healthy aging and to developing programs that build on this understanding. A range of resources is available on their website at https://uclartsandhealing.org/resources-2/
Creative Aging – Sound Health: Music and the Mind is a YouTube presentation by Cognitive neuroscientist Dr. Aniruddh Patel as part of a Kennedy Center initiative with support from the NEA and the NIH. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Naw3v2OBBY0
New Report - Museums and Creative Aging: A Healthful Partnership is a landmark report commissioned by the American Alliance of Museums. It is a call to action for museums to change the narrative about what is means to grow old in America.
Reframing Aging is a long-term social change endeavor designed to improve the public's understanding of what aging means and the many ways that older people contribute to our society.
Grantmakers in Aging is a membership organization that serves as a network and resource for funders, and a champion on aging issues.
General Reading on the topic of Creative Aging and Older Adult learning.
Untapped Opportunity: Older Americans & the Arts A special report on aging and older adults.
Fostering Aging, Dementia, and Disability Inclusivity - Resource Guide of the Connecticut Age Well Collaborative
Reframing the Aging, Dementia, and Disability Narrative: Celebrating Vitality and Promoting Inclusivity in our Communities - Resource Guide of the Connecticut Age Well Collaborative
The Creativity and Aging Study - The Impact of Professionally Conducted Cultural Programs on Older Adults
A simple, easy to understand guide to andragogy - the understanding of the science and practice of adult learning.
Loneliness and the Social Isolation Linked to Serious Health Conditions
Global Report on Ageism - outlines framework for action to reduce ageism including specific recommendations.
Ageism in the Time of Coronavirus