Activities, Adaptation & Aging addresses such important topics as evidence-based practice, evaluation, assessment of psychosocial history, culture and its influence on menaingful activity, activities and caregivers, volunteerism, and successful aging. Under the editorship of a leader in the field, the journal promotes a strong interdisciplinary thrust, drawing upon knowledge from the disciplines of physical, art, music, recreational, and occupational therapy; and social work, nursing, psychiatry, and medicine.
This journal contains several regular features, including book reviews, announcement and news, and ¡°Aging, Activities, and the Internet.¡± There are also special thematic issues which cover specific topics, such as:
adult day programs
geragogy-teaching the elderly
the ¡°Feeling Great!¡± Wellness Program for Older Adults
creative arts with older people
activities and adaptations with older adults who are developmentally disabled
story writing in a nursing home
therapeutic humor with the elderly
and many more!
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