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Author Todd C., Camic P.M., Lockyer B., Thomson L.J.M., Chatterjee H.J.
Title Museum-based programs for socially isolated older adults: Understanding what works
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Todd C., Camic P.M., Lockyer B., Thomson L.J.M., Chatterjee H.J.; Museum-based programs for socially isolated older adults: Understanding what works ;Health and Place vol:48 issue: page:47.0

Keywords Healthy ageing; Museums; Social isolation; Social prescribing, older people; Wellbeing
Link to article https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85029494657&doi=10.1016%2fj.healthplace.2017.08.005&partnerID=40&md5=2f4f2d040e27d2a0773ac5d7522818c5
Abstract This paper presents research findings that help to understand how museum programs created opportunities to enhance wellbeing and health, and changed experiences of social isolation in older adults. The research conceptualized how program elements enabled both individual experiences and relational processes to occur. These components operated within a context that was enriched by the museum as a place to support wellbeing and enhance social interaction. To meaningfully support socially isolated older people as part of local public health strategies, museums need to be accessible and engaging places that purposively support social interaction by involving people and objects, participating in multiple sessions over time, that are facilitated by skilled and knowledgeable staff. © 2017 The Authors

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DOI 10.1016/j.healthplace.2017.08.005
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