1st Edition
Applied Health Humanities for the Aging Activities for Home and Institutional Caregivers
Part I
Chapter One – History and Applications of Health Humanities
Brian Brown, Charley Baker and Victoria Tischler
Chapter Two – Only the Lonely: The Tragic Last Years of our Older Generation
Trini Stickle, Lorna E. Segall and Dana Le
Chapter Three – Providing an Activities Menu: Goals and Chapter Preview
Lorna E. Segall and Trini Stickle
Part II
Chapter Four – Not So Commonplace: Aging, Memory, and Shakespeare
Gillian Knoll
Chapter Five – On an Equal Footing: Intergenerational Haiku-Making Activity
Yoshiko Matsumoto, Harumi Maeda and Emily Wan
Chapter Six – Artist in Residence: An Intergenerational Living and Learning Program
Lorna E. Segall, Caroline Mwenda, Kaitlyn Beard and Mackenzie Leighty
Chapter Seven – The Power of Music Through Intergenerational Dementia Choirs
Debra Sheets
Chapter Eight – Bingocize®: Innervating Exercise through the Socialization Effects of Game
K. Jason Crandall
Chapter Nine – Learning Together: Intergenerational Activities for Residential Centers
Trini Stickle, Jessica L. Folk and Cameron Fontes
Chapter Ten – Who Can I Talk To When Nobody’s Here With Me?
Meredith Troutman-Jordan, Margaret Maclagan and Boyd H. Davis
Chapter Eleven – Conclusion
Lorna E. Segall and Trini Stickle
Biography
Trini Stickle, PhD, is an applied linguist at Western Kentucky University. She primarily focuses on factors that negatively affect persons’ access to meaningful interaction, including individuals diagnosed with dementia or autism and English language learners. Her work identifies barriers unique to each group and the strategies needed to overcome these difficulties. Stickle is also investigating the aging experiences of immigrant and refugee populations living in southern regions of the US.
Lorna E. Segall, PhD, MT-BC, is associate professor and director of music therapy at the University of Louisville. Her research and project development explores intergenerational programming and music in prisons. Additionally, she engages her students in this work in an effort to promote understanding, compassion and humanizing with respect to often misunderstood and underserved populations.
