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Making Connections: The Legacy of an Intergenerational Program

Author(s) -

Edward H. Thompson,

Andrea Weaver

Publication year - 2015

Publication title -

the gerontologist

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.524

H-Index - 138

eISSN - 1758-5341

pISSN - 0016-9013

DOI - 10.1093/geront/gnv064

Subject(s) - grandparent , ethnic group , curriculum , psychology , developmental psychology , face (sociological concept) , gerontology , sociology , pedagogy , medicine , social science , anthropology

On the face of the shrinking opportunities for children and older adults to routinely interact with one another-sometimes the result of adolescent geographies, age-segregated and gated communities, families' geographical mobility-many communities have introduced intergenerational programs within the school curriculum. For more than a decade one Massachusetts community has maintained an intergenerational program that brings fourth grade students together with older adults. The question is, does students' involvement in an intergenerational program lessened ageist beliefs 5-9 years later.

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