Arts in Healthy Aging examines public policies and professional practices that effectively use the arts to support health and well-being outcomes in older adults. It offers a comprehensive study of why and how purposefully-designed programs that engage the visual, performing, and literary arts can support the health and well-being of older adults. The authors argue that it is the right time for the American arts and aging movement to restructure itself as a national networkand advocacy coalition across four domains:: the arts, health, aging, and lifelong learning. Building on decades of published research, government documents, and program models, this scholarly volume provides historical perspectives, new theoretical approaches, analytical models, resources for researchers and practitioners, and pathways forward for advancing the interdisciplinary arts in healthy aging field of scholarship and practice. Although focused on the United States, the discussion of policies and practices is relevant and applicable to other countries as appropriate to theirspecific contexts.
Introduction to Creative Aging Policy and Practice; Foundational Concepts in Creative Aging; Four Strategies to Advance an Arts and Aging Policy; How the Arts Support Health and Well-Being Outcomes in Older Adults; Centering the Learner in Arts Education for Older Adults; Creating a Learner-Centered Transformative Arts Education Environment for Older Adults; Older Adults, Community Arts Participation, and Age-Friendliness; Arts Programs for Older Adults in Residential and Clinical Care Settings; Arts Programs in Hospice and End-of-Life Care; Advancing Public Policy and Professional Practice for the Arts in Healthy Aging; Appendix A: Americas Arts in Healthy Aging Timeline; Appendix B: National Organizations Advancing the Fields of Arts, Health, Aging, and Lifelong Learning; References;
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