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 improve sleep.
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 students at the State College Area High School. “Art”, “sports”, “caring for children”, “food”, “families”, chimed in students as the group brainstormed...
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 Skype with their families.
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 interviewed Courtney to discuss her paper, Increasing Social Activity Attendance in Assisted Living Residents Using Personalized Prompts and Positive Social...
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 intergenerational studies field.
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 past, and the bucket comes back empty. Your 10-year-old child, however, can recall the moment in a flash. "It was last summer. That street-fair we went...
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 Penn State researchers...
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 and peace. The impetus for the meeting was Hitler’s Daughter. This is the title of a novel written by Jackie French and a play adapted from the novel...
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