INSPIRING NEXT PRACTICES
in the Aging Services Industry
An opportunity to recognize important breakthroughs in aging services
Mather Institute created the Innovative Research on Aging Awards to recognize applied research that offers important implications for the aging services industry and inspires next practices.
CONGRATULATIONS TO THIS YEAR’S HONOREES:
CONNECTING GENERATIONS ONLINE TO EASE LONELINESS
Creating Relationships & Erasing Ageism with Online Art Classes
Miami University
Elizabeth Lokon, PhD, MGS
Researchers designed an arts-based intergenerational program to ease loneliness in older adults and combat ageism in college students by pairing them to explore visual art, music, fiction writing, and poetry in hands-on creative exercises and small-group discussion through a virtual class.
- FOSTERING COMPANIONSHIP WITH FOSTER CATS
Alleviating Older Adults’ Loneliness & Reducing Pet Shelter Overpopulation - MAKING STRIDES FOR THOSE AGING IN PLACE
Connecting Walkable Neighborhoods to Health & Happiness - MAPPING MINDFULNESS & BRAIN HEALTH
Revealing How Mindfulness-Based Interventions Support Behaviors - MONITORING STRESSORS IN LONG-TERM CARE STAFF
Tackling Staff Turnover with Data on Stress during Shifts
- MEASURING BRAIN BENEFITS OF LIFELONG LEARNING
Can We Protect Our Cognition from Age-Related Declines? - DRAWING ON ART TO PAINT A CLEARER PICTURE OF LONELINESS
Exploring Silent Suffering in Nursing Home Residents - BUILDING BETTER CARE ROBOTS
Involving Care Recipients & Caregivers in Designing Their Assistive Robots - MAKING PHYSICAL ACTIVITY APPEALING WITH VR
Targeting Older Adults with Virtual Reality Exercise Programs
Get an overview of the latest research that is impacting the lives of older adults
Spark ideas from the most relevant research published in the past year—the studies selected as recipients of the Innovative Research on Aging Awards.