Making Intergenerational Connections Through Arts

Description

The purpose of the study is to evaluate the impact on older adults' wellbeing of participating in a 10-week conversation about arts and culture with an international university student whose native language is not English.

Conditions

Older Adults

Study Overview

Study Details

Study overview

The purpose of the study is to evaluate the impact on older adults' wellbeing of participating in a 10-week conversation about arts and culture with an international university student whose native language is not English.

Making Intergenerational Connections Through Arts

Making Intergenerational Connections Through Arts

Condition
Older Adults
Intervention / Treatment

-

Contacts and Locations

Birmingham

University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States, 35294

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

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Eligibility Criteria

  • 1. Live alone
  • 2. older than 60 years old
  • 3. Residence in a subsidized apartment for at least one year
  • 4. Able to carry on a daily conversation with or without hearing aids
  • 5. Intact cognition as indicated by a score of greater than 5 on the Short Portable Mental Status Questionnaire (SPMSQ)
  • 6. have a working smart phone that can do video-conferencing
  • 7. being able to provide informed consent
  • 1. having physical, or sensory (visual or hearing) deficits or language barriers (non-English communicators) that may impede study participation
  • 2. non-English speaker

Ages Eligible for Study

60 Years to

Sexes Eligible for Study

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Collaborators and Investigators

University of Alabama at Birmingham,

Hon K Yuen, PhD, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, University of Alabama at Birmingham

Study Record Dates

2025-09-01