This chapter gives an overview on the Healthy Ageing research portfolio of the research group Lifelong Learning in Music (Hanze University of Applied Sciences Groningen, the Netherlands). Lifelong learning enables musicians to respond to the continuously changing context in which they are working nowadays, and ageing is one of the major societal changes for many western societies in the 21st century. Musicians are asked by society to contribute to healthy ageing processes, and such a contribution in turn generates possibilities for innovative musical practices with the elderly. We present a three-layered model to look at such innovative practices, which places the musical practice itself in the context of communicative characteristics of working with elderly people and in broader societal and institutional contexts. We then outline four concrete research projects: learning to play an instrument at an elderly age, creative music workshops for elderly in residential home settings, the competencies of creative music workshop leaders working with frail elderly people, and musical work with severely ill elderly people in hospitals. We describe some background values and methodological notions behind our work, and finish the article with a more extensive description of our project on Music and Dementia.
This chapter gives an overview on the Healthy Ageing research portfolio of the research group Lifelong Learning in Music (Hanze University of Applied Sciences Groningen, the Netherlands). Lifelong learning enables musicians to respond to the continuously changing context in which they are working nowadays, and ageing is one of the major societal changes for many western societies in the 21st century. Musicians are asked by society to contribute to healthy ageing processes, and such a contribution in turn generates possibilities for innovative musical practices with the elderly. We present a three-layered model to look at such innovative practices, which places the musical practice itself in the context of communicative characteristics of working with elderly people and in broader societal and institutional contexts. We then outline four concrete research projects: learning to play an instrument at an elderly age, creative music workshops for elderly in residential home settings, the competencies of creative music workshop leaders working with frail elderly people, and musical work with severely ill elderly people in hospitals. We describe some background values and methodological notions behind our work, and finish the article with a more extensive description of our project on Music and Dementia.
Onderzoek toont aan dat muziek en de kunsten het proces van gezond ouder worden in positieve zin beïnvloeden. Wat betekent werken in deze praktijk voor musici? Deze vraag wordt vanuit diverse invalshoeken onderzocht. en diversiteit aan onderzoeksprojecten maakt deel uit van deze onderzoekslijn:- Het leren bespelen van een instrument op oudere leeftijd - Het werken met ouderen in creatieve muziekworkshops - Workshops voor ouderen met dementie- Onderzoek naar de muzikale carrières van oudere beroepsmusici- Onderzoek naar de relatie tussen de ziekte van Parkinson en muziek
Due to societal developments, like the introduction of the ‘civil society’, policy stimulating longer living at home and the separation of housing and care, the housing situation of older citizens is a relevant and pressing issue for housing-, governance- and care organizations. The current situation of living with care already benefits from technological advancement. The wide application of technology especially in care homes brings the emergence of a new source of information that becomes invaluable in order to understand how the smart urban environment affects the health of older people. The goal of this proposal is to develop an approach for designing smart neighborhoods, in order to assist and engage older adults living there. This approach will be applied to a neighborhood in Aalst-Waalre which will be developed into a living lab. The research will involve: (1) Insight into social-spatial factors underlying a smart neighborhood; (2) Identifying governance and organizational context; (3) Identifying needs and preferences of the (future) inhabitant; (4) Matching needs & preferences to potential socio-techno-spatial solutions. A mixed methods approach fusing quantitative and qualitative methods towards understanding the impacts of smart environment will be investigated. After 12 months, employing several concepts of urban computing, such as pattern recognition and predictive modelling , using the focus groups from the different organizations as well as primary end-users, and exploring how physiological data can be embedded in data-driven strategies for the enhancement of active ageing in this neighborhood will result in design solutions and strategies for a more care-friendly neighborhood.
Developing and realizing an innovative concept for the Active Aging campus in two years, where students, teachers, companies, residents of surrounding Campus neighborhoods will be invited to do exercise, sports, play, meet and participate. This includes, on the one hand, providing input with regard to a mobility-friendly design from an infrastructural perspective and, on the other hand, organizing activities that contribute to Healthy Aeging of the Zernike site and the city of Groningen. It is not only about having an Active Aging campus with an iconic image, but also about the process. In the process of realization, students, teachers, researchers, companies and residents from surrounding districts will be explicitly involved. This includes hardware (physical environment / infrastructure), software (social environment) and orgware (interaction between the two).
