Traveling Dark Days

January 6, 2017

by Ken Gergen, Co-editor of the Positive Aging Newsletter

Penn State Student-Faculty Team Collaborate on the Integration of an Intergenerational Schooling Model in Spain

January 6, 2017

by Carolyn Reyes, recent graduate of the M.S. program in Rural Sociology and International Agriculture and Development at Penn State University

Food that’s Real for the Family Meal

January 6, 2017

by Sunny Rehler, Coordinator of Religious Education, State College Friends Meeting

Generation to Generation! - A national campaign to mobilize adults 50+ to help young people thrive

January 6, 2017

Generation to Generation is a new five-year campaign to mobilize 1 million people over 50 to stand up for kids and, in turn, show what's possible when people across generations work together.

Treat Me Like a Person, Because That is What I Still Am.

January 6, 2017

A report on dementia from the Sodexo Institute for Quality of Life.

Mama Left Me – Carol Ingram Moore’s book about one grandfamily’s trials and tribulations

January 6, 2017

Author and educator, Carol Ingram Moore, explores the thorny emotional and psychological terrain traveled by children being raised by their grandparents and other relatives.

Across the Generations: Four New Picture Books Celebrate the Power of Grandparents

January 6, 2017

By DANIEL HANDLER [New York Times - Book Review section (Nov. 11, 2016)]

Policy in Perspective: The Future of Family Caregiving

January 6, 2017

Article and podcast posted by Mathematica Policy Research (Oct. 2015).

Raising the Children of the Opioid Epidemic: Solutions and Supports for Grandfamilies

January 6, 2017

State of Grandfamilies in America – 2016 report from Generations United

Ten Daily Apps to Help Caregivers Take Care of Their Loved Ones

January 6, 2017

From Mashable, Sept. 25, 2016 (article by Katie Dupere)

Storytelling Is a Conduit for Intergenerational Learning

January 6, 2017

From the "cool ideas" section of GU’s Generations This Week newsletter (Sept. 28, 2016).

"Collaboration: The Key to Building Communities for All Generations"

January 6, 2017

This is the title of a 2015 article written by Min Koung Choi and Mildred E. Warner (Cornell University’s Dept. of City and Regional Planning).

“Helping Seniors Age in Place”

January 6, 2017

In a recent Washington Monthly article, Rick Masson of The Plough Foundation (Memphis Tennessee) describes the help many seniors need to stay in their homes as they age, and how one county in Tennessee is meeting that need.

"They’re Growing Older. Their Mortgage Debt Is Growing Deeper"

January 6, 2017

Article by Paula Span [New York Times] (Nov. 18, 2016).

Pennsylvania Volunteer Program Receives Recognition as "Program of Distinction"

January 6, 2017

S.A.G.E. (Senior Adults for Greater Education) commits to reaching more students, expanding to additional school districts.

New book on "Intergenerational Pathways to a Sustainable Society"

January 6, 2017

This 2017 book, published by Springer, was written by Matt Kaplan (Penn State University), Mariano Sanchez (University of Granada, Spain), and Jaco Hoffman (North-West University, South Africa, and University of Oxford, UK). Foreword by Donna Butts, Executive Director of Generations United.

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Matthew Kaplan, Ph.D.
  • Professor, Intergenerational Programs and Aging

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Matthew Kaplan, Ph.D.
  • Professor, Intergenerational Programs and Aging