Supporting Older Adults in and through the Arts
In synergy with the United Nations' Decade of Healthy Aging (2021-2030), the World Health Organization supports participatory art processes as one of the methods used to engage with older adults to better understand their needs and highlight their voices (WHO, 2023). The potential of the arts is great: "The arts inspire and touch people in unique ways on social and emotional levels, engaging the whole person. In community settings, arts activities bring older adults together and provide a vehicle for connection, purpose and meaning...