The Gerontologist· 2013Q1· Review
Participatory Arts for Older Adults: A Review of Benefits and Challenges
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Short summary
Active participation in arts like dance, music, and theatre improves older adults' memory, creativity, problem-solving, and physical balance.
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Key points
- Active arts engagement benefits older adults' healthy aging.
- Improvements observed in memory, creativity, and problem-solving.
- Physical benefits include enhanced reaction time, balance, and gait.
- Arts participation positively impacts quality of life and everyday competence.
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Abstract
This article reviews the scientific literature on the enhancement of healthy aging in older adults through active participation in the arts. Methodologies and conclusions are described for studies of dance, expressive writing, music (singing and instrumental), theatre arts, and visual arts including documentation of mental/physical improvements in memory, creativity, problem solving, everyday competence, reaction time, balance/gait, and quality of life. In addition to these gains in measures of successful aging, the article also provides (in a Supplementary Appendix) some selected examples of arts engagement for remedial purposes. Finally, it offers suggestions for expanding inquiry into this underinvestigated corner of aging research.
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