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The Journal on Active Aging brings articles of value to professionals dedicated to older-adult quality of life. Content sweeps across the active-aging landscape to focus on education and practice. Find articles of interest by searching the article archives in three ways: Enter a keyword in the articles search bar; click on search by topic; or type a keyword or phrase in the general search bar at the top of the page.
Transforming New York into an 'age-friendly' city: a model program by Marilynn Larkin, MA
By 2030, 20% of New York City’s population will be over the age of 60. Today, life expectancy at birth is 75.7 years for boys and 78.7 years for girls. Most New Yorkers can expect to live well beyond retirement—in fact, close to 12% of the city’s population is over age 65, and in some neighborhoods, the proportion is as much as 20%.
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Spread the message of active aging by Krystyna Kasprzak, BA
For the past six years, the last week of September has been celebrated in many communities across North America as Active Aging Week. The concept of active aging can be summed up in the phrase “engaged in life.” Individuals can participate in life as fully as possible, regardless of socioeconomic status or health conditions, within the wellness dimensions (physical, social, spiritual, emotional, intellectual and vocational).
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Auburn Hills' 100 Days to Health Challenge encourages lasting lifestyle change
In 2007, Senior Services developed the 100 Days to Health Challenge, a wellness program designed to encourage lasting lifestyle change and improve quality of life. This program has run for three successive summers, and aims to help Auburn Hills’ older-adult community stay “informed, educated, socialized and as active as possible at their level of fitness,” Chapman states. With participation increasing every year and many past participants returning, “we feel our program is making a great impact on all the people involved, and plan to repeat the program every summer,” she says.
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Selling wellness from the inside out by Amy Ostrolenk, MA, RN, L. Andrew Morgan, and Diane Doster, MS
Enticing people to adopt an active, integrated lifestyle, even when programs and facilities are readily available, can be an ongoing challenge. Far too often wellness program participation is dominated by those who have been living optimally most of their lives—those who are already intrinsically motivated; not the less active people who are the majority within any population group.
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Summer camp program brings generations together by Colleen Musselman and Marjan deKok
From field trips to gooey s’mores to arts and crafts, summer camp brings back memories that beg to be shared. So, in 2008, we launched a Grands & Kids Camp at Garden Spot Village, our nonprofit continuing care retirement community in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. This weeklong summer program gives residents a chance to reminisce, share their stories and enjoy a wide range of activities with their grandchildren and great-grandchildren. It also offers teachable moments for all dimensions of a healthy lifestyle.
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Express~O workouts: creating quick dips for clients by Mary E. Sanders, PhD, FACSM
As health and wellness professionals, we know that people of all ages lead busy lives and many individuals consider time a barrier to exercise. Fortunately, water is a time-efficient exercise modality because cardio and muscular power training occur together. But you have to know how to squeeze the overload out of the water to maximize training time for improvement.
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