Making Connections: The Legacy of an Intergenerational Program.

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Abstract

On the face of the shrinking opportunities for children and older adults to routinely interact with one another-sometimes the result of adolescent geographies, age-segregated and gated communities, families' geographical mobility-many communities have introduced intergenerational programs within the school curriculum. For more than a decade one Massachusetts community has maintained an intergenerational program that brings fourth grade students together with older adults. The question is, does students' involvement in an intergenerational program lessened ageist beliefs 5-9 years later.

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Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Gerontologist

Title: The Gerontologist

Publisher: Oxford University Press (OUP)

ISSN (Electronic): 1758-5341

ISSN (Print): 0016-9013

Publication date (Electronic): Oct 2016

Volume: 56

Issue: 5

Affiliations

[1 ] Department of Sociology & Anthropology, College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, Massachusetts. ethompson@holycross.edu.

[2 ] Bridges Together, Inc., Maynard, Massachusetts.

Article

Publisher Item ID: gnv064

DOI: 10.1093/geront/gnv064

PubMed ID: 26185150

SO-VID: 9cd028aa-efb3-4b39-ad78-14578651f3a1

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Keywords: Person perception schema,Ageism,Intergenerational program

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Keywords: Person perception schema, Ageism, Intergenerational program

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