Arts and Aging Programs: Best Practice

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Arts and Aging Programs Best Practice

• National Center for Creative Aging

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NCCA Mission

• NCCA is dedicated to fostering the vital
  relationship between creative expression and
  healthy aging
• And to develop programs that build on this
  understanding

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BIG PICTURE

• Aging in America
• Demographic shift by 2030
• Over 70 million people will be over 65
• The number of people over 85 will triple.
• People are living longer and healthier lives

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GOOD NEWS

• Shift from seeing older people as a problem, to
  seeing older people for their potential!
• Older people seeking meaning and purposeful
  engagement
• Quality of life matters
• New opportunities with the baby boomers on the
  scene

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Research

• Creativity and Aging Study
• The Impact of Professionally Conducted Cultural
  Programs on Older Americans
• Dr. Gene Cohen, M.D. Ph.D.
• Elders Share the Arts, Brooklyn
• Center for Youth and Elders in the Arts, San
  Francisco
• Levine School of Music, Washington, DC

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Creativity and Aging Research

• Indicators
• Social engagement
• Mastery

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Creativity and Aging Research

• Better health
• Less doctor visits
• Less medication
• Increase in activities and social engagement

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Best Practice Guiding Principals

• Follow older adult learning principles
• Sequentially developed programs
• Led by professional artists
• Programs are evaluated
• Sustainable

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Key concerns for programming

• Ageism look across the aging continuum
• Cultural sensitivity
• Cross generational development

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Best Practice EDUCATIONLifelong learning
through the arts

• Senior Centers
• Community Schools for the Arts
• Libraries
• Higher Education extension divisions in
  universities
• Osher Lifelong Learning Institutes
• Elderhostel programs
• Distance Learning Programs DOROT

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Arts Aging in Community Settings

• Opportunities for civic engagement
• Building community
• Creating partnerships

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Community based arts organizations

• Elders Share the Arts, New York City
• Arts for the Aging, Washington, DC
• Center for Elders and Youth in the Arts, San
  Francisco, CA
• Stagebridge Theater, Oakland, CA

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Cross generational Programs

• Schools and senior centers
• After school programs
• Shared sites nursery and adult day care
• Residencies by professional companies

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Audience enrichment

• Discount tickets for older people
• Performing arts centers
• Theaters
• Museums

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Arts and Healthcare

• Clinical settings
• Art Therapies
• Fine Arts
• MEMORY LOSS PROGRAMS
• TimeSlips
• Memories in the Making
• Dancing Heart of Kairos
• Modern Museum of Art in NYC

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Why arts and aging?

• Research shows that arts create healthy aging
  through mastery and social engagement.
• People are living longer and healthier lives with
  meaning and purpose.

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Where are the resources? Build community arts
partnerships

• State and local arts councils and artists
• Schools of the arts
• Libraries
• Museums
• Community Theaters
• Schools (K-12)
• Higher education programs

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Where are the resources?Funding possibilities

• Grants from Foundations
• Underwriting from Banks and Corporations
• Open an store
• Hold underwritten events
• Fee-for-service to cover class costs
• Find community sponsors (LCDC)
• Support from local government
• Individual donors

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NCCA services

• Information and Resources
• Arts and Aging Creativity Matters Toolkit
• Arts and Aging Directory
• Clearinghouse for best practice programs
• Education
• Onsite and distance learning
• Research and development
• Evidence based research studies
• Advocacy and Policy
• Leadership symposia
• News briefs

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Arts and AgingCreativity Matters Toolkit

• Available free online in April
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• Examples for this presentation were taken from
  the Toolkit

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National Center for Creative AgingInformation
and Resources

• National Center for Creative Aging
• an affiliate of George Washington Univ.
• 4125 Albemarle Street NW
• Washington, DC 20016
• 202.895.9416
• www.creativeaging.org
• info_at_creativeaging.org

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Dont Forget Your Free Copy of Aging in Stride
NCOA and Caresource are pleased to offer
first-time registrants for this Healthy Aging
Briefing Series a complimentary copy of the book,
Aging in Stride, which includes the new
supplement Just In Case Emergency Readiness for
Older Adults and Caregivers. To receive your
copy, please visit www.AgingInStride.org/NCOAoffer
. Or just email service_at_caresource.com with your
name, title, organization, mailing address, phone
number, and date of the briefing you participated
in. One free copy per registrant, please.