The Benefits of Arts on Aging

To learn more about this study and other resources on the benefits of the arts and aging go here: Additional Resources

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• The Creativity and Aging Study. Dr Gene Cohen
  • https://www.arts.gov/sites/default/files/NEA-Creativity-and-Aging-Cohen-study.pdf
  • https://www.agingkingcounty.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/185/2016/07/RESEARCH-ON-CREATIVITY-AND-AGING.pdf
• Lifetime Arts
  • https://www.lifetimearts.org/resources/
• Short Term intervention to enhance cognitive and affective functioning in older adults Noice, Noice and Staines.
  • www.Pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
• Timeslips improves attitude and engagement Fritsch 2009
  • www.timeslips.org
• Dancing or Fitness Sport? The Effects of Two Training Programs on Hippocampal Plasticity and Balance Abilities in Healthy Seniors:
  • https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnhum.2017.00305/full
    “Moreover, only the dancers achieved a significant increase in the balance composite score. Hence, dancing constitutes a promising candidate in counteracting the age-related decline in physical and mental abilities.”
• Evolution of Neuroplasticity in Response to Physical Activity in Old Age: The Case for Dancing:
  • https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnagi.2017.00056/full
• Effects of Tango on functional mobility in Parkinson’s Disease Hackney, Kantorovich, Earhart 2007.
  • www.pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
• Impacts of dance on cognition, psychological symptoms and quality of life in Parkinson’s disease
  • https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31561398/
• Association of Dance-Based Mind-Motor Activities With Falls and Physical Function Among Healthy Older Adults
  • https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2770956?resultClick=3
• National Guild for Community Arts Education
  • https://nationalguild.org/files/resources/public/creativity-matters-the-arts-and-aging-toolkit.pdf
• Alive Inside: A Story of Music and Memory
  • http://www.aliveinside.us/#land
  • Available on Amazon Prime