Community-Service Activities Versus Traditional Activities in an Intergenerational Visiting Program

The Effect of a Music Therapy Intergenerational Program on Children and Older Adults' Intergenerational Interactions, Cross-Age Attitudes, and Older Adults' Psychosocial Well-Being

“…suggesting that older adults perceived that they were more useful to the children as the intergenerational program progressed. These results are similar to the findings of Marx, Hubbard, Cohen-Mansfield, Dakheel-Ali, and Thein (2005), who found that older adults perceived an improvement in their feelings of usefulness as their participation in an intergenerational program progressed. In addition to biweekly perception measures, anecdotal data obtained from the current study also suggest that older adults perceived improvements in their psychosocial well-being.…”

“…As research in intergenerational programming continues to grow it is important to explore and document how these programs affects and benefits older adults. Several researchers have begun to explore the relationship between older adults" perceived wellbeing and participation in intergenerational programs (Marx, Hubbard, Cohen-Mansfield, Dakheel-Ali, & Thein, 2005;Proller, 1989;Schirm, Ross-Alaolmolki, & Conrad, 1995;White, 2008). Only one music-based intergenerational study was found that formally measured the psychosocial benefits afforded to older adults after participating in an intergenerational program (Leitner, 1981).…”

“…Intergenerational programs have provided opportunities for older adults to reconnect to society through participation in meaningful activities which enhances feelings of usefulness. Older adults who participated in intergenerational programs have cited feelings of helpfulness, usefulness, happiness, decreased isolation, improved self-esteem, and life satisfaction as perceived benefits resulting from their intergenerational interactions (Dellmann-Jenkins, 1994;Eggers & Hensley, 2004;Marx, Hubbard, Cohen-Mansfield, Dakheel-Ali, & Thein, 2005;Proller, 1989;Schirm, Ross-Alaolmolki, & Conrad, 1995;Scott, Reifman, Muslow & Feng, 2003;White, 2008). Proller (1989) conducted a two-part study that engaged older adults residing at a nursing home in a recreational intergenerational program with elementary-age children.…”

“…Feelings of usefulness and helpfulness were measured for older adults" participating in an intergenerational program by Marx, Hubbard, Cohen-Mansfield, Dakheel-Ali, and Thein (2005). A within-subject design was used in which older adult participants served in two types of intergenerational program models with elementary-age children.…”

The Development of a Coding Scheme for Intergenerational Learning and Its Application to the Patterns of Intergenerational Collaborative Communication

“…For example, Lee et al ( 2020 ) conducted a scoping review to investigate senior adult-specific impacts and benefits that have been evaluated in intergenerational programs. Of the 28 coded studies, it was found that the impacts of joining intergenerational programs for older adults are related to the enhancement of ego integrity (Kim and Lee, 2017 ), positive affect (Marx et al, 2005 ; Baker et al, 2017 ; Kim and Lee, 2017 ), generativity (Scott et al, 2003 ; Ehlman et al, 2014 ; Andreoletti and Howard, 2018 ), self-confidence (McConnell and Naylor, 2016 ), and life satisfaction (Meshel and McGlynn, 2004 ; Gaggioli et al, 2014 ; DeMichelis et al, 2015 ).…”