Intergenerational Daycare and Preschoolers' Attitudes About Aging

Middlecamp, Molly K; Gross, Dana

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“…The participants also highlighted that this can be difficult. In the wider literature, challenges from the staff perspective have also been identified including lack of intergenerational experience and staff attitudes toward intergenerational contact (Hayes, 2003;Middlecamp andGross, 2002 Salari, 2002).…”

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Older Care Home Residents' Views of Intergenerational Practice

Cook

Bailey

2013

Journal of Intergenerational Relationships

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Background: Internationally there is growing interest in strengthening intergenerational connectivity, through supporting organised intergenerational practices (IP). IP policy and practice has mainly focused on independent older people. IP needs to also include those with high support needs, some of whom may live in care homes.Objective: This small UK qualitative study aimed to explore care home residents' views of the connections that they have and would like, with younger generations. Ways of further developing IP in care homes were also considered. Design:To enable the views of older care home residents to be elicited, a qualitative research design was adopted.Methods: Three care homes were recruited from the UK My Home Life NorthEast care home practice development network. Sixteen residents participated in either focus groups (n=2) or individual interviews (n=6). The data were analysed using a thematic analysis. Results:Care home residents spoke of continuing to have intergenerational connections to and with family members and; the need for such contact to adapt to mobility, sensory, communication or cognitive changes and the challenges of contact taking place in a communal living setting. Non family IP was welcome as long as it was guided, time limited 3 and purposeful; drawing on and providing a mutual exchange of lifelong skills, but also opening opportunities for acquiring new skills. Conclusion:The findings suggest that older residents value their intergenerational connections and wish to maintain and develop opportunities for IP.Relevance to Practice: Care home managers, staff and residents need to work together to implement meaningful IP that positively impacts on care home residents' quality of life.

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Older Care Home Residents' Views of Intergenerational Practice

Cook

Bailey

2013

Journal of Intergenerational Relationships

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“…Middlecamp and Gross (2002) found that preschool children who attended an intergenerational child care center held views of the elderly that were similar to those of children who did not attend a similarly diverse center. Daily contact with the elderly did not appear to change the preschoolers' attitudes.…”

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“It Makes Them So Happy”:4th-Graders' Reflections on Intergenerational Service Learning

Fair¹,

Davis²,

Fischer³

2011

Childhood Education

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Memory is an honors srudent, Elon Univm$Lisa: I've learned some people love to talk and work with you, but some people want to be left alone.Most everyone loves when you give them a picture. Others love to talk about your life and school and other stuff.Casey: They like colorful pictures and like to socialize. I also learned that they really like having visitors. I think it's a great way to meet new people.Joe: I learned that older people tend to talk about random stuff.Riley: Some people are not very social.he above statements are excerpts from essays written by 4th-grade children reflecting on their yearlong program of intergenerational service learning. Reflection is an integral component of effective service learning programs, regardless of the project focus (Eyler, 2002). The primary focus of the current project was to explore how younger children engaged in service learning can articulate the lessons learned from their experience through written and oral reflection practices. Do these children demonstrate a complex understanding of the elderly, going beyond stereotypes? Children form relationships with the elderly in a variety of formal and informal contexts, including family and community settings. Intergenerational service learning offers a formal context through which positive relationships between young children and elderly populations can be forged through an array of activities (Hill, 1987). As children and elderly adults participate in meaningful interactions over a period of time, they build positive relationships that teach each group to view the world from another's perspective. Intergenerational service learning programs provide an opportunity for both the young and the elderly to debunk stereotypes and gain self-worth. Although a great deal of research focuses on the relationships forged during intergenerational service learning, especially between the elderly and high Authom' Note: Ihr authors would like to thank the 4th-grade students and tbeir intqenerational service learning P a m a WhOPadkPa@d in tbePmJea* A special thank to tbeir teachm Gayle Wannamakec f i r believing in the importancr of service learning and inviting us into her c h o m . T Spring 201 1 / 177

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“…Enquanto alguns investigadores encontram dados que demonstram que as crianças não apresentam preconceitos no que diz respeito à imagem que apresentam dos idosos (Weber, Cooper, & Hesser, 1996), outros verificam que a percepção, sobre os idosos, de crianças que participam de PI's não são significativamente diferentes da percepção daquelas que não participam desses programas (Ivey, 2001;Middlecamp & Gross, 2002).…”

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Narrativas intergeracionais

Brandão¹,

Smith²,

Sperb³

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ResumoO artigo revisa a literatura sobre a produção narrativa de crianças e adultos idosos, focalizando estudos intergeracionais. Demonstra a importância das histórias para o desenvolvimento infantil, e o papel do interlocutor neste contexto. Situa o adulto idoso como um interlocutor privilegiado, apresentando estudos que mostram o narrar como uma atividade fundamental nesta etapa da vida. O contato entre crianças e pessoas idosas tem sido promovido e estudado principalmente para verificar e modificar a percepção de um grupo sobre o outro. Parece, entretanto, prevalecer uma proposta altruísta, ao invés da concepção de uma interação proveitosa para ambos. O artigo enfatiza a relevância de alguns programas que valorizam e promovem a habilidade dos idosos em contar histórias para crianças, discutindo iniciativas brasileiras nesta área. Palavras-chave: Narrativa intergeracional; envelhecimento; crianças. AbstractThis article reviews studies on the narrative production of children and senior adults, focusing on intergenerational studies. Demonstrates the relevance of storytelling in child development and the adult's role in this context. Situates senior adults as privileged interlocutors for children, presenting studies that demonstrate narrating as a fundamental activity in this stage of life. The interaction between children and senior adults has been studied to verify and change the perception of one group upon the other. However, the altruistic proposal seems to prevail, instead of an interactionist conception that would make the most for both. There seems to be, however, a tendency for intergenerational programs to emphasize an altruistic perspective instead of an interactionist one that would be to the advantage for both. This paper emphasizes the relevance of some intergenerational programs that value and promote the aptitude of storytelling in senior adults, discussing Brazilian initiatives in this area. Keywords: Intergenerational narratives; aging; children. Narrativas IntergeracionaisA imagem de um velho contando histórias de outros tempos aos mais jovens, à beira do fogo ou ao sabor do ritmo de uma cadeira de balanço, contrasta fortemente com o andamento e as exigências de velocidade, eficiência, racionalidade e produtividade de uma sociedade urbanizada, soando como algo romântico e saudosista. Neste contexto, tanto crianças como pessoas idosas tendem a ficar à margem de onde a "vida acontece", e o espaço para contar e ouvir histórias vai se restringindo à disponibilidade circunstancial de um interlocutor ou a instituições que atendem separadamente cada faixa etária. As crianças, escutando histórias escolhidas e lidas por seus professores, e os idosos, tentando contar suas histórias de vida a quem tenha paciência para ouvi-las, são imagens mais realísticas no panorama do mundo contemporâneo.O objetivo deste artigo é apresentar ao leitor uma perspectiva abrangente da narrativa na Psicologia, focalizando estudos sobre a narrativa intergeracional. Partindo de diferentes correntes de estudo sobre a narrativa ...

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Intergenerational Daycare and Preschoolers' Attitudes About Aging

Cited by 56 publications

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Older Care Home Residents' Views of Intergenerational Practice

Older Care Home Residents' Views of Intergenerational Practice

“It Makes Them So Happy”:4th-Graders' Reflections on Intergenerational Service Learning

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