The aging is a term that describes all of us, but the New York State Office for the Aging's constituency is limited to the nearly three million New Yorkers over sixty. They are sixteen percent of the state's population and twenty-three percent of all those old enough to vote.

In 1975, the National Council on the Aging (NCOA) published a study, The Myth and Reality of Aging in America, by Louis Harris and Associates. They found that older Americans used cultural, recreational, and intellectual resources significantly less than the young or middle-aged. (this response reflects people's education and income; also the accessibility and content of the program). Yet, in contrast to the popular view that old people are warm and experienced but sedentary and unable to learn new skills, the NCOA-Harris study found that most older people have the desire and potential to

The conference also highlighted the fact that older Americans are an important new constituency for expanding arts programs, as audiences, as contributors of time, skills, knowledge and other resources, and as students, teachers, and creators. More than 200 arts and aging leaders from thirty-one states, the District of Columbia and Canada participated.

This handbook on Artists and the Aging is an attempt to serve both as a report on a specific program and a guide to those who wish to develop similar programs. The specific project reported on here was carried out in St. Paul, Minnesota, under the guidance of COMPAS (Community Programs in the Arts and Sciences) and the support of a grant from the administration on Aging (U. S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare) over a two year period (1974-1976). The first chapter, Background: The St. Paul Project, reports in considerable detail on this program, its development, staffing,

In March 2011, the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) hosted a first-of-its-kind event to showcase and discuss recent research on the arts and human development, with the ultimate goal of finding ways to engage the arts  to improve people’s lives.

Creativity Matters is based on the report of the first national conference on creative aging, cosponsored in 2006 by NJPAC and NCCA. Three dozen interviews with leading practitioners and an extensive literature review expanded the toolkit's content.

This 2017 study out of the UK is the result of a three-year inquiry into the state of practice and research at the intersection of the arts and social care and provides recommendations on improvements of policy and practice.

This is a short report of the 2017 study Creative Health: The Arts for Health and Wellbeing, out of the UK is the result of a three-year inquiry into the state of practice and research at the intersection of the arts and social care and provides recommendations on improvements of policy and practice.

This resource from Aroha Philanthropies is designed to provide an overview on the field of creative aging. It provides a strong platform to find inspiration, discover current research, and locate leading organizations in the field.

This resource from the organization Grantmakers in Aging provides an overview of the impact of the arts in aging, as well as research, participating organizations, and funders in the space.