Creative Aging: Drawing on the Arts to Enhance Healthy Aging

Klimczuk, Andrzej (2016): Creative Aging: Drawing on the Arts to Enhance Healthy Aging. Published in:

Abstract

The term "creative aging," in the broadest sense, describes an aging policy idea that focuses on highlighting the creativity of older adults in order to prepare individuals and communities to manage old age. Programs focus on the evolution of creativity over the lifespan and aim to provide meaningful participatory engagement, especially through the arts.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: creative ageing; creative aging; creativity; healthy ageing; healthy aging
• Subjects: J - Labor and Demographic Economics > J1 - Demographic Economics > J14 - Economics of the Elderly ; Economics of the Handicapped ; Non-Labor Market Discrimination; J - Labor and Demographic Economics > J1 - Demographic Economics > J18 - Public Policy; Z - Other Special Topics > Z1 - Cultural Economics ; Economic Sociology ; Economic Anthropology > Z18 - Public Policy

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