Archive: Research & Features

• A Closer Look at Creative Aging at DX

  Aging & Health Professor Gay Hanna was recently quoted in a Dance Exchange newsletter describing the benefits of creative aging.

  Categories: People, Research & Features Tags: advocacy, aging, aging & health, college, creative, creative aging, creativity, dance, dancing, elder, elderly, georgetown, health, master, master of science, public health

• College Students and Senior Citizens Living Together? It’s More Common Than You’d Think

  M.S. Aging & Health Professor Sonya Barsness was recently quoted in a Business Insider article discussing the benefits of intergenerational living.

  Category: Research & Features Tags: aging, aging & health, college, degree, elder, elderly, georgetown, master of science, old, senior, senior citizens, university

• There’s a New Type of Senior on College Campuses

  Andrew Carle, an adjunct lecturer at Georgetown University on aging and health issues speaks about “university-based retirement communities.”

  Category: Research & Features Tags: aging, aging & health, college, degree, georgetown, master of science, old, senior, senior citizens, university

• A Tale of Two Cities: How Community Impacts Aging

  Pamela Saunders, an Associate Professor and the Master of Science in Aging & Health Program Director, spoke at the AARP on innovative new solutions to support aging communities.

  Category: Research & Features Tags: aarp, aging, aging & health, college, elderly, georgetown, health, master of science, public health, senior, senior citizens, two cities

• I’m Thrilled to be a Grandmother. Just Don’t Call me Granny.

  Ann Oldenberg, Assistant Director of the journalism program at Georgetown University and a candidate of Georgetown’s Aging & Health master’s degree program writes about her thoughts on being called a “granny”

  Category: Research & Features