Participatory Arts for Older Adults: A Review of Benefits and Challenges
Year: 2013
Type: review
Abstract: This article reviews the scientific literature on the enhancement of healthy aging in older adults through active participation in the arts. Methodologies and conclusions are described for studies of dance, expressive writing, music (singing and instrumental), theatre arts, and visual arts including documentation of mental/physical improvements in memory, creativity, problem solving, everyday competence, reaction time, balance/gait, and quality of life. In addition to these gains in measures of successful aging, the article also provides (in a Supplementary Appendix) some selected examples of arts engagement for remedial purposes. Finally, it offers suggestions for expanding inquiry into this underinvestigated corner of aging research.
Source: The Gerontologist
Authors: Tony Noice, Helga Noice, Arthur F. Kramer
Institutions: Elmhurst University, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Language: English
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
Awards: Novel Aging Intervention Teachable by Activity Directors, G1678648415, G1747644602, Acting Out: Influence of an Acting Intervention on Cognition and Brain Function, G2963646505, Expanding the Implementation of an Effective Cognitive Aging Intervention: Traini, G5912447221, G6907648292, G8077085342, THE BENIFITS OF THEATRE TRAINING FOR OLDER ADULTS
OpenAlex ID: W2122020206