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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.

Active Aging Week 2016: explore the possibilities-5624

Active Aging Week 2016: explore the possibilities

Experiences that help people to grow, learn, improve their health and discover meaningful new interests are part of a vibrant, active lifestyle-and Active Aging Week. A health promotion campaign that celebrates the positivity of aging and living well, Active Aging Week features a bounty of fun, educational events and activities offered by local hosts in a welcoming atmosphere. In 2015, an estimated 3,000-plus organizations in six countries hosted participants for a week of adventure. This year’s campaign encourages hosts and participants to "Explore the possibilities" to grow and live well that each day brings.

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ICAA Champion: introducing Wayne Senior Center-5622

ICAA Champion: introducing Wayne Senior Center

Wayne Senior Center has served the residents of Pennsylvania's Delaware, Montgomery and Chester counties for more than 40 years. The nationally accredited senior center occupies a site near the "Main Line" train station in Wayne, an unincorporated community that is part of Radnor Township. Some 30,000 citizens live in the township, which encompasses suburban population centers like Wayne, as well as rural areas, according to its website. ... Wayne Senior Center's educational and recreational activities "ensure meaningful leisure time, promote health and wellness, encourage an active lifestyle, and provide a friendly environment for socialization." Executive Director Susan Shapiro adds, "Our center is the place where seniors become empowered to grow, develop and get involved."

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Splash! Infusing the flavor of pilates into water exercise by Mary E. Sanders, PhD, CDE, RCEP, FACSM-5619

Splash! Infusing the flavor of pilates into water exercise by Mary E. Sanders, PhD, CDE, RCEP, FACSM

Joseph Pilates developed and taught a method of exercise that kept him physically robust until he died in his 80s. Pilates is practiced on land as a means to improve performance, to rehabilitate an injury and to achieve health and wellness. Researchers have defined the popular discipline as "a mind-body exercise that requires core stability, strength, and flexibility, with an attention to muscle control, posture, and breathing." ... With respect to my pilates colleagues, and in the spirit of cooperative learning, I'd like to take this opportunity to apply some of the discipline’s core concepts, so together, we develop an innovative, synergistic, "pilates inspired" experience in the pool.

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Why better care of aging skin matters by Warren J. Winkelman, MD, MBA, PhD, FRCPC, FAAD; Staci Brandt, MBA, MSMR, PA-C; and S. Jay Olshansky, PhD-5618

Why better care of aging skin matters by Warren J. Winkelman, MD, MBA, PhD, FRCPC, FAAD; Staci Brandt, MBA, MSMR, PA-C; and S. Jay Olshansky, PhD

Our skin is the largest organ-an elastic and durable, yet soft and supple, covering known as the integumentary system. The skin serves as a bacterial shield, a thermal regulator and a window into our health. Thus, the level at which skin is restored, maintained and rejuvenated throughout the aging process may correlate to the longevity, health and happiness of the person enveloped within it.

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The wellness workforce leads in job satisfaction by Patricia Ryan, MS-5615

The wellness workforce leads in job satisfaction by Patricia Ryan, MS

Why do you work at an organization serving older adults? Is it because you have a passion for the discipline or the people? Need a paycheck? And, while you are thinking about that, do you like your job? ... To understand how workers perceive their jobs, ICAA added questions on job satisfaction to the recent ICAA Salary & Benefits Survey, sponsored by Precor. It is the first time this type of information on the wellness workforce has been captured on a national level, across different organizations. Some of the results may surprise you.

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Creating harmony at the ICAA Conference 2015-5600

Creating harmony at the ICAA Conference 2015

Music wove around the International Council on Active Aging Conference 2015, as befitted ICAA’s temporary home in New Orleans, Louisiana, a city noted for its musical tradition. The music of voices calling welcomes and hellos formed a chorus that filled the registration area as attendees arrived for the preconference workshops, Marketing Symposium, and their choice of 61 conference sessions.

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