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Gay Hanna, PhD, MFAExecutive Director
National Center for Creative Aging
Ace Everett, MBA
Director
NCCA Arts & Aging Local ExchangeNVAN
November 18, 2014
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National Center for Creative Aging
A national service organization dedicated to fostering the vital relationship between creative expression and healthy aging.
● Research
● Policy
● Practice
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“What has been universally denied is the potential. The ultimate expression of potential is creativity.” – Dr. Gene Cohen
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Creativity and Aging Research
Research Indicators:
• Social engagement
• Mastery
Findings
• Better health• Less doctor visits• Less medication• Increase in activities and social engagement• Projected Health Care Costs Savings:
$.08/day = $1 billion/year in Medicare D
REFERENCE
Cohen, Gene D., Susan Perlstein, Jeff Chapline, Jeanne Kelly, Kimberly Firth, and Samuel Simmens. “The Impact of Professionally conducted Cultural Programs on the Physical Health, Mental Health and Social Functioning of Older Adults.” The Gerontologist 46, no. 6 (2006): 726-734
Helga Noice, Ph.D. & Tony Noice MFA
2010 Dr. Gene D. Cohen Research Award in Creativity and Aging Winners
Acting/ Cognitive Improvement
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Barry Bittman, MD.2011 Dr. Gene D. Cohen Research Award in Creativity and Aging Winner
Recreational Music Making/Caregiver Stress Reduction
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Bruce Miller, MD. 2012 Dr. Gene D. Cohen Research Award in Creativity and Aging Winner
Visual Arts/ Diagnois Frontal Lobe Dementia
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Nina Kraus, Ph.D.2013 Dr. Gene D. Cohen Research Award in Creativity and Aging Winner
Professional Music Making/Auditory Improvement
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Rita Charon, MD., Ph.D.2014 Dr. Gene D. Cohen Research Award in Creativity and Aging Winner
Narrative Medicine
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16Conclusions!
Coming up
• May 18th White House Mini Conference on Creativity and Aging in America
• May 19th & 20th NCCA Leadership Exchange - Research, Practice, Business
• May 21st NCCA Professional Development Institute
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Enhancing Healthy Aging through Arts
Participation
Encourage social engagement Improve health outcomes
Enhance quality of life
Research reveals the positive benefits among older adults participating in arts experiences.
Music and art stimulate the brain in the areas that Alzheimer’s cannot touch, bypassing the debilitating disease and often providing relief.
Cohen, 2006
Learning jazz dance can improve balance in older women, whose main cause of injuries is falls.
Alpert et al, 2009
Using strategies of personal actors (like getting into character and constant rehearsal) have been shown to improve memory test scores of older adults.
Noice and Noice, 1999
Credit: Gene Carl Feldman for Arts for the Aging
Credit: Stephanie Williams for Arts for the Aging
Credits: Stephanie Williams & Emily Wathen for Arts for the Aging
Enhance healthy aging through arts participation in the District of Columbia.
