Resilience and Ageing

Anna Goulding is a Research Associate at the Institute of Health and Society, Newcastle University.Andrew Newman is Professor of Cultural Gerontology at Newcastle University. His research focuses on resilience, connectivity and community participation.Bruce Davenport is a Research Associate in Media, Culture, Heritage in the School of Arts & Cultures at Newcastle University

• Introduction ~ Anna Goulding;Setting the field: older people’s conceptualisation of resilience and its relationship to cultural engagement ~ Anna GouldingAges and Stages: creative participatory research with older people ~ Miriam Bernard, Jill Rezzano and the Ages andStages Theatre CompanySocial connectivity and creative approaches to dementia care: the case of a poetry intervention ~ Kate de Medeiros and Aagje SwinnenNarrative identity and resilience for people in later life with dementia living in care homes: the role of visual arts enrichment activities ~Andrew Newman, Bruce Davenport and Teri Howson-GriffithsAfter the earthquake: narratives of resilience, re-signification of fear and revitalisation of local identities in rural communities of Paredones, Chile~ Cynthia Meersohn Schmidt, Paulina Osorio-Parraguez, Adriana Espinoza and Pamela ReyesIntegrating sense of place within new housing developments: a community-based participatory research approach ~ Mei Lan Fang, Ryan Woolrych, Judith Sixsmith, Sarah L. Canham, Lupin Battersby, Tori Hui Ren and Andrew SixsmithAgeing in place: creativity and resilience in neighbourhoods ~ Cathy Bailey, Rose Gilroy, Joanna Reynolds, Barbara Douglas, Claire Webster Saaremets, Mary Nicholls,Laura Warwick and Martin GollanCrafting resilience for later life ~ Jackie ReynoldsOral histories and lacemaking as strategies for resilience in women’s craft groups ~ Anna Sznajder and Katarzyna KosmalaObjects of loss: resilience, continuity and learning in material culture relationships ~ Helen ManchesterLater-life gardening in a retirement community: sites of identity, resilience and creativity ~ Evonne Miller, Geraldine Donoghue, Debra Sullivanand Laurie Buys

“Resilience is an area of growing interest within critical gerontology and policy agendas and in this book, academics with a wide range of expertise critically reflect on waysin which cultural engagement can encourage older people to thrive.” Simon Evans, University of Worcester