“Intergenerational Play” workshops at the 4-H Leadership Conference on Saturday, January 31st at the Penn Stater Hotel and Conference Center. We are using a fun strategy for older adult volunteers...
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The Intergenerational Leadership Institute (ILI) is a 8-week long certificate training program offered to older adults (55+) wishing to develop or expand intergenerational programs in their area of...
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The study, titled, “Daily positive events and inflammation: Findings from the National Study of Daily Experiences,” suggests that positive aspects of everyday life may accumulate over time to protect...
Read More ...A study by researchers in Penn State’s College of Health and Human Development (HHD) has been published in Brain, Behavior and Immunity, the official journal of the Psychoneuroimmunology Research...
Read More ...Recently the Arthritis Foundation published an article which synthesizing the work of Dr. Lynn Martire and colleagues related to joint pain and sleep. In addition, suggestions are offered for how to...
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Children of War: An Intergenerational Conversation about "The Kite Runner," War and Peace
“What are the activities that unite us around the world?” asks a senior volunteer sitting with a group of...
Courtney Polenick (HDFS graduate) and Amanda Gresh (HPA undergraduate) spent some time at The Village at Penn State teaching residents how to use their own computers and tablets so that they could...
Read More ...Courtney Polenick, M.S. is currently pursuing her doctoral degree in human development and family studies and works with Lynn Martire and the Center for Healthy Aging. ElderBranch recently...
Read More ...This issue of the “Ideas for Intergenerational Living” newsletter provides several recent examples of how our Penn State group engages in new modes of teaching, research, and practice in the...
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Changes in brain activity compensate for some types of normal decline in our ability to remember.
It may happen more than you care to admit. You draw on a memory from the not-so-distant...
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Family caregivers of older adults with dementia are less stressed and their moods are improved on days when dementia patients receive adult day services (ADS), according to...
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On March 12, 2013, at the State College Area High School in Central Pennsylvania, all of the ingredients were in place for a memorable intergenerational dialogue about war, conflict, reconciliation...
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