Intergenerational Program Effects on Social Responses of Elderly Adult Day Care Members

An Intergenerational Summer Program Involving Persons with Dementia and Preschool Children

“…Short-and long-term IG programs have revealed both benefits and challenges (Camp et al, 1997;Osborne & Bullock, 2000;Salari, 2002). Older adult participants in IG programs have experienced increased positive affect Short-DeGraff & Diamond, 1996), engagement (Camp et al, 1997), and generational empathy (Hayes, 2003). In addition, children=youth benefit socially and cognitively from interactions with senior members of society according to research (Hayes, 2003;Stanton & Tench, 2003) and sociocultural developmental theory (Vygotsky, 1978).…”

Experiential Learning Strategies for Promoting Adolescents’ Voluntarism in Hong Kong

“…Despite their presumably greater adverse condition and the generational gap between them and the adolescents, older adults can be good teachers to the adolescents. This finding is therefore supportive of programs that organize intergenerational interaction (Finn & Chechoway, 1998;Krain, 1996;Short-DeGraff & Diamond, 1996). Particularly, because of the generational gap and heterogeneity among older adults, longer intergenerational interaction is required to facilitate the adolescent's learning about older adults' needs (Baltes & Baltes, 1990;Elder & Crosnoe, 2002).…”

Seniors', Volunteers', and Families' Perspectives of an Intergenerational Program in a Rural Community

“…Interactions by the elderly with children has Downloaded by [Northeastern University] at 00:13 27 November 2014 resulted in enjoyment of their company (Seefeldt, 1982), greater feelings of self-worth (Higgans & Faunce, 1977;Hutchinson & Bondy 1990), and higher levels of social interactions (Short-DeGra & Diamond, 1996). Scannell and Roberts (1994) stressed that intergenerational programs provide opportunities for the elderly to develop friends, remain productive, and be valued as contributing members of society.…”