The effect of intergenerational programs on the mental health of elderly adults

Murayama, Yoh; Ohba, Hiromi; Yasunaga, Masashi; Nonaka, Kumiko; Takeuchi, Rumi; Nishi, Mariko; Sakuma, Naoko; Uchida, Hatsuzo; Shinkai, Shoji; Fujiwara, Yoshinori

doi:10.1080/13607863.2014.933309

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“…We examined the long‐term effects of the REPRINTS program on the mental health of community‐dwelling Japanese older adults . We hypothesized that the REPRINTS program might improve the participants' sense of coherence and, in turn, reduce their depressive symptoms.…”

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“…We examined the long-term effects of the REPRINTS program on the mental health of community-dwelling Japanese older adults. 18 We hypothesized that the REPRINTS program might improve the participants' sense of coherence and, in turn, reduce their depressive symptoms. A two-way repeated-measures analysis of variance (ANOVA) found significant main effects of time on sense of coherence and significant interaction effects for sense of meaningfulness, with scores increasing over time.…”

Section: Long-term or Accompanied Effects Of The Reprints Programmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…To narrow the research results, the keywords "health promotion," "intervention," "older" and "not family" were added, and 47 studies were identified. Eventually, 17 studies fulfilled the search and quality appraisal criteria: nine studies reported the intervention effects of participating in a short-term IGP; [8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16] two studies were ours 17,18 and the remaining six studies showed the intervention effects of participating in a long-term IGP called Experience Corps program. [19][20][21][22][23][24] The Experience Corps program is one of the longterm IGP that has continued to date.…”

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Multiple impacts of an intergenerational program in Japan: Evidence from the Research on Productivity through Intergenerational Sympathy Project

Yasunaga

Murayama

Takahashi

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Geriatrics Gerontology Int

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Compelling evidence supporting the benefits of social engagement in older adults has been increasingly discussed. However, knowledge regarding an intergenerational program is limited. Herein, we provide a targeted review of intergenerational programs by focusing on our novel interventional program, Research on Productivity through Intergenerational Sympathy. The Research on Productivity through Intergenerational Sympathy program is an intergenerational picture-book reading program launched in 2004. Participants were involved a 3-month intensive weekly training seminar comprising classes about book selection, reading techniques and basic knowledge of children's school life. Subsequently, they participated in group activities that involved playing a hand game, and reading picture books to children at kindergartens, elementary schools and public childcare centers, once every 1-2 weeks. The Research on Productivity through Intergenerational Sympathy program has shown improvement of physical and psychological functioning of older adults and healthy upbringing of children. Similarly, Experience Corps -designed to train and place volunteers in participating elementary schools for an academic year during which time they assist teachers -also showed positive effects for older adults' health status and the psychological/academic success of young children in the USA. Health promotion efforts for older adults must support social policy for the creation of meaningful service programs for older adults on a large social scale. As such, an intergenerational program based on the concept of social capital, defined as "features of social organization, such as trust, norms and networks, that can improve the efficacy of society by facilitating coordinated actions," is an effective and sustainable program for health promotion among older adults. Geriatr Gerontol Int 2016; 16 (Suppl. 1): 98-109.

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Multiple impacts of an intergenerational program in Japan: Evidence from the Research on Productivity through Intergenerational Sympathy Project

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“…The REPRINTS program is described in detail elsewhere . REPRINTS participants conducted group activities (6 to 10 members per group) in 6 elementary schools, 3 kindergartens, and 6 public childcare centers, once every 1 to 2 weeks.…”

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“…The program is also expected to establish new social networks with members, children, teachers, and program staff, and contribute to the healthy upbringing of children. REPRINTS has long‐term effects (after 7 years) on intellectual activity, physical functioning, and intergenerational exchange, as well as short‐term effects (within 3 years) on grip strength, social network, subjective health, and sense of coherence . Similarly, older adults participating in the Experience Corps, which places volunteers in elementary schools to assist teachers with literacy and library functions, improve executive function and memory compared with controls …”

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Preventive effects of an intergenerational program on age‐related hippocampal atrophy in older adults: The REPRINTS study

Sakurai

Sakuma

Yasunaga

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Int J Geriat Psychiatry

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Cognition can be defined as neurocognitive processes of how humans learn and remember. As humans age, threats of neurocognitive disturbances are probably the most feared psychiatric problems, but these processes also can be disrupted by biological abnormalities closely connected to other psychiatric problems. The theme of this article is that basic research in areas of cognition and advances in the discovery of novel pharmacotherapy for neurocognitive and psychiatric disorders that affect the elderly are inextricably intertwined. Drug evaluations in animal models should be conducted in, three basic types of learning/memory paradigms (habituation, classical conditioning, and operant conditioning) and should assess the effects of agent on learning, retention, and retrieval. The importance of this strategy involves issues of single or multiple learning processes in the paradigms, whether different types of paradigms give rise to different kinds of memories or whether the same paradigm may produce several fundamentally different types of memories that may or may not be interdependent. Medications currently in use for ameliorating neurocognitive disorders are mostly ineffective. New pharmacotherapy is urgently needed, and a seemingly innumerable collection of drugs has been proposed as the latest “key” to unlock mechanisms of dysfunction in neurocognition. In some cases, new agents have functioned (biochemically) exactly as advertised, but virtually all have proved unacceptable for clinically use. Future therapies for neurocognitive disorders will likely benefit from the recognition that multiple cellular mechanisms and neurotransmitter processes are involved and that administration of combinations of agents that provide “wide‐spectrum” actions may be most useful.

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The effect of intergenerational programs on the mental health of elderly adults

Cited by 116 publications

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Multiple impacts of an intergenerational program in Japan: Evidence from the Research on Productivity through Intergenerational Sympathy Project

Multiple impacts of an intergenerational program in Japan: Evidence from the Research on Productivity through Intergenerational Sympathy Project

Preventive effects of an intergenerational program on age‐related hippocampal atrophy in older adults: The REPRINTS study

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