The arts and aging
Subtitle: building the science : summary of the September 14, 2012 Workshop on Research Gaps and Opportunities for Exploring the Relationship of the Arts to Health and Well-Being in Older Adults
By: [prepared by Mary Kent and Rose Maria Li]
Contributors: Kent, Mary Mederios, editor; Li, Rose Maria, 1963- editor; National Endowment for the Arts; United States. Department of Health and Human Services
Series: National Endowment for the Arts Collection
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 30
Subjects: Mental illness; Art therapy; Congresses; Psychology; Older people; Treatment; Music therapy
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.

Also available online through the UMass Amherst Open Content Alliance Digitization Project.

UMass Amherst Special Collections copy is part of the National Endowment for the Arts Collection (MS 686).
Table of contents: title: Common deficiencies in the research; title: Opportunities for moving forward; title: Background; title: Research and the arts-bridging the gulf; title: Participatory arts for older adults; title: Music, hearing, and memory; title: Musical training and brain function; title: Addressing cognitive decline and dementia with the arts; title: Music therapy for dementia; title: Cost-benefit analysis; title: Costs and benefits of evidence-based programs; title: Applying cost-benefit analysis; title: Aesthetics and design in group living arrangements; title: Theoretical background of research in visual art; title: Design for everyone-including older adults; title: Research gaps and opportunities; title: Research designs that capture long-term effects of art on the aging process; title: Interdisciplinary teams, integrated arts interventions, and eastern approaches; title: Theories, mechanisms, levels of analysis, and replicable, rigorous designs; title: Funding opportunities for future work; title: Going forward : promote cross-talk, take risks.