Arts in healthy aging : exploring research, policy, and professional practice / Patricia Dewey Lambert, Doug Blandy, Margaret J. Wyszomirski.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lambert, Patricia Dewey, 1969- author.

Blandy, Douglas Emerson, 1951- author.

Wyszomirski, Margaret Jane, author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Arts and older people--United States.

Arts and older people.

Older people--Health and hygiene--United States.

Older people.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (289 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2024.

Summary:

'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.

Contents:

Cover

Arts in Healthy Aging

Copyright

Dedication

Contents

List of Figures

List of Tables

List of Boxes

Acknowledgments

About the Authors

1. Introducing Arts in Healthy Aging

A Profile of Older Adults in America

Healthy Aging

The Need for Research and Resources to Support the Arts in Healthy Aging Movement

America's Arts and Culture Sector

The Interdisciplinary Fields of Creative Aging

Introducing the Chapters of this Book

2. Foundational Concepts in Creative Aging

Introduction

Creative Aging in the Arts in Health Field

Understanding the Needs of Older Adults

Engaging in Arts and Culture: A Basic Human Need

Choice-​Based Arts Participation

Public Purposes of the Arts

Introducing the 8Ps Framework for Arts in Healthy Aging

Conclusion

3. Four Strategies to Advance Arts and Aging Policy

Aging as a Special Constituency: An Advocacy Movement, 1973-​1995

The Arts Aim for a Place on the Aging Policy Agenda, 1981-​2015

A Change in Frame and Leadership: Creative Aging and the National Center for Creative Aging, 2001-​2018

Decentralizing Creative Aging Policy and Diffusing the Arts into Healthy Aging, 2013 to Present

4. How the Arts Support Health and Well-​Being Outcomes in Older Adults

The Sociocultural Context of Older Adults' Health and Well-​Being

Human Development in Late Life

Motivations of Older Adults to Participate in Creative Aging Programs and Activities

Healthy Aging in All Phases of the Natural Aging Process

Arts Participation and Healthy Aging

Subjective Well-​Being in Older Adults

Basic Design Elements of Arts in Healthy Aging Programs

5. Centering the Learner in Arts Education for Older Adults

Introduction.

Examples of Motivating Factors for Older Adults' Arts Participation

Creativity, Culture, and Folk Groups

The Arts, Making Special, and Expressive Culture

The Arts and the Life Course

Folklore and Creative Aging

The Arts, Education, and Folklore

6. Creating a Learner-​Centered Transformative Arts Education Environment for Older Adults

Lifelong Learning

Transformative Learning Theory

Transformative Learning, the Extrarational, and the Arts

Transformative Learning and the Role of the Arts Educator

7. Older Adults, Community Arts Participation, and Age-​Friendliness

Community Resources Available to Older Adults

Health and Well-​Being Outcomes Associated with Community Arts

Ageism and Ableism as Barriers to Participation

Age-​Friendly Communities and Participation in Arts and Culture

8. Arts Programs for Older Adults in Residential and Clinical Care Settings

Overview of America's Eldercare and Healthcare System

Healthcare Quality and Healthcare Consumerism

Medicare, Medicaid, and Long-​Term Care

Age-​Friendly and Person-​Centered Care

Introduction to Settings of Care for Older Adults in America

Independent Living

Independent Living to Assisted Living

Assisted Living

Clinical Care

9. Arts Programs in Hospice and End-​of-​Life Care

A "Good Death" in America

The American Hospice System

Arts in Spiritual Care

Arts for Reminiscence, Legacy, and Ritual

10. Advancing Public Policy and Professional Practice for the Arts in Healthy Aging

Findings on the Current State of Creative Aging Policy and Practice in America

Activating the Arts in Healthy Aging Ecosystem.

Activating the 8Ps Framework for Arts in Healthy Aging

Appendix A: America's Arts in Healthy Aging Timeline

Appendix B: National Organizations Advancing the Fields of Arts, Health, Aging, and Lifelong Learning

Notes

References

Index.

Notes:

This edition also issued in print: 2024.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource and publisher information; title from PDF title page (viewed on January 5, 2024).

ISBN:

9780191939891

0191939897

9780192663368

0192663364

OCLC:

1416831815