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This paper examines older people's experiences of intergenerational interaction during the first COVID-19 lockdown in Aotearoa, New Zealand (NZ). This paper presents an analysis of a letter-writing study with older people (mean = 77 years) living in NZ. A total of 760 letters were received from 870 participants. A sub-sample of 412 letters focused on intergenerational interaction were analyzed thematically. This analysis presents a mostly positive picture of intergenerational interaction particularly on the family and neighborhood level. Letters highlighted narratives of mutual concern and positive interactions between generations while also hinting at some underlying age-related tension on a societal level. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

\nContribution to the Field Communities are aging and becoming more segregated, leading to fractured relationships between generations. Intergenerational exchange has improved cohesion, particularly when different generations engage as equal partners. This paper presents a systematic review of intergenerational studies between adolescents and older adults. Thirteen papers were reviewed using PRISMA guidelines, and outcomes, methodological quality, facilitators, and barriers identified, to better understand effectiveness and inform recommendations for future practice. The framework informed quality assessment, and the papers were rated moderate or high quality. Unfortunately, heterogeneity across studies rendered comparison challenging. Further attention is required to elucidate guidelines for implementing and reporting intergenerational studies. This review demonstrated how non-familial intergenerational programs involving adolescents and older adults provided benefits to both. Benefits for older adults included improved wellbeing, cognitive, and social engagement. Benefits for adolescents were identity formation and skill development. Shared outcomes for both generations were improved attitudes and stereotypes, reduced generational gap, and solidarity. High variability in program design, methodology, and sample size was evident across studies. However, it highlighted the suitability of IG engagement across differing contexts. Future recommendations included facilitator training, diverse samples, and longitudinal methodological designs. This review demonstrated how non-familial intergenerational programs involving adolescents and older adults provided benefits to both. Benefits for older adults included improved wellbeing, cognitive, and social engagement.Benefits for adolescents were identity formation and skill development. Shared outcomes for both generations were improved attitudes and stereotypes, reduced generational gap, and solidarity.High variability in program design, methodology, and sample size was evident across studies. However, it highlighted the suitability of IG engagement across differing contexts.Future recommendations included facilitator training, diverse samples, and longitudinal methodological designs. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Initial needs assessment can be useful for obtaining information about the issues that should be addressed in newly launched intergenerational centers. However, there are few examples of how such studies should be conducted. This paper shares insights and lessons learned during a needs assessment study conducted nine months after the inauguration of an intergenerational shared site in Spain. In addition to presenting the needs identified, such as accurate and complete job descriptions, the paper offers methodological recommendations to practitioners embarking upon a similar needs study. The value of needs assessment as an educational endeavor is also highlighted. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this paper, I showcase how left-behind mothers in the Philippines use digital communication technologies in delivering care to their overseas adult children in Melbourne, Australia. As part of a broader research project on transnational family life, the findings were drawn upon in-depth interviews, visual methods, a simple participant observation, and field notes taking and analysis. The study deployed a mediated mobilities lens, paying close attention to the different forces that shape the provision of intergenerational care through mobile device use. Building upon a critical analysis of the digitalization of intergenerational relationships in a transnational context, I coin the term 'standby mothering.' This conception encapsulates the femininized, ubiquitous, networked, and ambivalent intergenerational care practices that are experienced and negotiated by distant mothers. On the one hand, mobile device use enables left-behind mothers to deliver emotional and practical caregiving. On the other hand, everyday temporal conditions and technological barriers impede the provision of intergenerational care. Communicative constraints are constantly managed through various tactics, ensuring the sustenance of transnational relationships. By interrogating the contradictory outcomes of transnational caregiving, I underscore the politics of mediated mobilities in a digital society. Here, the mobilization of gendered, networked, and differential care practices is influenced by uneven structural and even socio-technological dimensions. Ultimately, this paper elucidates a critical stance on re-examining the provision of informal, gendered, and networked care practices. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper discusses transnational care and border regimes in the context of the East Timorese exile in rural Indonesia. Drawing from multi-sited ethnographic research, it explores the ways older people cope with family separation and life in exile, their aspirations, when and how transnational care becomes "on hold", and how they deal with the impossibility of meeting intergenerational and cultural obligations. Analyzing care using the lens of "circulation", the paper attends to the asymmetries entailed in intergenerational relationships as well as to how uneven power relations of border regimes shape transnational care exchanges. In the context of "aging in exile", the paper underlines the importance of understanding older persons' narratives as they are linked with the ambivalences of other family members across generations. The paper argues that the forms of immobility withholding or limiting caregiving can transcend physical boundaries. They can include the social and emotional borders conflict-divided communities build against one another over time. These "imaginary" borders require us to think about the additional asymmetries entailed in precarious familial relations and how this affects the multiple meanings of care in the context of contemporary border regimes and amid enduring legacies of violence. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Intergenerational care is a program where both the younger and older generations are receiving programmed care in an environment where activities and resources are shared between them. Anecdotally, an intergenerational care program takes on many forms. This paper presents a systematic literature review of intergenerational care models. Our findings are relevant to policy makers as the paper highlights the opportunities to create an age-friendly environment by introducing intergenerational models in Australia, where intergenerational care development is in its infancy. Future research will help articulate the personal, social, and economic value of intergenerational care. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper explores the level and sustainability of intergenerational practice in early years and elder care settings in Ireland. The paper is based on a small-scale research study involving interviews with staff in five organizations and builds on findings from previous research conducted for the TOY project (http://www.toyproject.net). The paper examines the pedagogies involved as well as the community context of intergenerational practice in early years and elder care settings. The findings highlight that sustainable intergenerational practice is facilitated by strong pedagogies that support active and relational learning across the life course and by being embedded in robust community networks. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

An introduction is presented in which the editor discusses various reports within the issue on topics including continuing education, intergenerational relations and social mobility.

The network of Cooperative Extension professionals across the United States offers fertile ground for the development of intergenerational partnerships in communities. Cooperative Extension programming prioritizes implementation of evidence-based curricula. This paper provides a reflection of an intergenerational program that adapted evidence-based preschool nutrition education for an intergenerational setting by collaborating with Virginia Cooperative Extension. Specifically, we detail how Cooperative Extension personnel are valuable community partners for implementing evidence-based practices in intergenerational programming via curriculum adaptation. Integrating evidence-based curricula and intergenerational practices can support program sustainability. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Intergenerational programs that bring the young and old together are known to facilitate social connections. However, benefits of intergenerational programs cannot be achieved by simply bringing the two generations together. We need to understand the factors which enhance intergenerational engagement. This paper specifically explores barriers and enablers for improving engagement of older people in an intergenerational program conducted within four research sites in South East Queensland and New South Wales, Australia. Video ethnography was used to examine the intergenerational environment and observe patterns of engagement between older people and children. Findings reveal the type of activity, group structure and length of activity to increase engagement of older people in an intergenerational program. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Youth-adult partnerships in disadvantaged neighborhoods offer a promising approach for preventing community problems such as violence. While they differ slightly from traditional intergenerational programs that involve youth with older adults, they foster similar goals, including promoting relationships, mutual support, and community engagement. A social process called collective efficacy is developed when youth and adults trust one another and work together to solve problems. Research shows that collective efficacy is associated with lower levels of community crime and violence. This paper describes a community-based intervention for mobilizing and engaging residents to prevent violence by a facilitating youth-adult partnership to foster collective efficacy, including trusting relationships and the competencies needed to address neighborhood problems. This paper begins with a review of youth-adult partnerships and their successful characteristics, followed by how these partnerships influence the social processes important for developing collective efficacy and preventing violence. The characteristics of successful youth-adult partnerships are illustrated throughout the discussion of the community-based intervention. This paper demonstrates how to translate prior research on youth-adult partnerships and collective efficacy into actionable strategies that community practitioners and researchers can use to prevent community violence. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The literature on cross-age interactions suggests that more communication between older and younger generations can foster mutual understanding. Existing studies on intergenerational programs focus more on the perspectives of older people, while young adults' perceptions of intergenerational interactions are less well-understood. Through 448 surveys and 23 qualitative interviews with youth in Hong Kong, this study explored what motivates youth to communicate with retirees beyond their family. The findings reveal that youth in this study had relatively superficial interactions with retirees in community settings, which is partly explained by ageism. Nevertheless, they preferred connecting with retirees who are able to offer transformational benefits that enhance personal growth, which points toward novel forms of ableism based on skill-sharing abilities. The paper concludes by considering the implications of these findings for intergenerational programs, especially the importance of uncovering the latent skills of older people, to extend the possibilities for more in-depth intergenerational interactions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper presents a systematic literature review of the qualitative evidence in relation to intergenerational learning programs, principles, and practices. The aim of the review is to develop the evidence base to form an Intergenerational Model of Practice Framework based on the Early Years Learning Framework (EYLF). The EYLF comprises three inter-related elements: principles, practice, and outcomes. The results of this systematic literature review revealed commonalities across these elements and therefore what is needed to underpin the development of an evidence-based Intergenerational Model of Practice Framework. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

In light of the COVID-19 pandemic which caused many businesses around the world to move to online or virtual workplaces (Center for Disease Control, 2020), intergenerational tensions may be exacerbated leading to communication breakdowns. There are many challenges in moving an intergenerational workplace online such as an overreliance on generational labels in guiding interactions, negative perceptions of technology usage of particular age groups, and biased perspectives regarding different age groups' willingness to change. A resulting potential lack of intergenerational interactions will cause a breakdown in knowledge transfer as well as less efficient and productive workplaces (Urick, 2019). This paper analyzes online workplaces through the lens of generational research to provide recommendations related to social identity/self-categorization theories, transformational leadership, change management, goal setting theory, and knowledge transfer. These recommendations encourage positive online intergenerational interactions so that organizations can continue as closely to "business as usual" despite being thrust into a crisis. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Intergenerational study tourism (IST) is a conceptual model designed to promote cross-cultural, intergenerational (IG) encounters through travel and learning. IST is an area of IG practice that would benefit from further research. In response to this identified need, this paper documents a pilot effort to develop a model that includes the design of a cross-cultural, intergenerational activity and examines its perceived benefits, reflection and discussion. Participants in this pilot project represented different generations from local and international communities. To facilitate participant engagement, ice-breaking games and mission-oriented interventions were employed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Intergenerational programs challenge separations of age and difference. Re-turning data of preschool children and care home residents playing with playdoh together during an intergenerational program, this paper uses Barad's agential realism to expand who, and crucially what, is involved in reconciling differences between generations. Turning the playdoh episode over and over, the people and things in-between 'young' and 'old,' in the middle, but missing from my original analysis are brought to the surface. I term these missing middles and argue that (re)attending to excluded aspects of intergenerational inter/intra-action is made possible through a feminist new materialist lens. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Our paper focuses on intergenerational learning in informal community settings between older men and boys. It examines and challenges narrow definitions of the notion of what is meant by “older” and “intergenerational” learning. It stresses the importance of older men’s capacity to be contemporary in their worldview, while drawing from a deep knowledge and wisdom developed from their life experiences and also from their formative cultural, national, and Indigenous learning traditions. Our paper provides an account of intergenerational stories wherein men informally mentor, share skills, and develop meaningful relationships with disengaged and disconnected young people in the community Men’s Sheds. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Studies of the Tswana culture and language abound. However, incisive studies directed at the Kgotla as a community heritage resource that had been contributing towards social stability mediated by traditional intergenerational relationships among the Tswana-speaking South Africans are not common. This paper examines how the Kgotla's inter-group communications capacity and capability mitigates social isolation and loneliness among elderly Tswana-speaking South Africans. A systematic review method was used to identify high-quality original research outputs from cultural and intergenerational relationships literature. All studies considered for inclusion in this review were critically appraised, and formed the basis for the narrative synthesis. The evidence emanating from this procedure suggests that despite the undervaluing of the mediating roles the Kgotla plays, it remains very relevant in mitigating social isolation and loneliness among elderly Tswana-speaking South Africans. Based on this observation, it was recommended that more extensive and incisive studies should be directed at the phenomenon studied with a view to recommending and applying it as a veritable community heritage resource that is worthy of research and social policy attention. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Intergenerational health and wellness promotion among Métis peoples in Canada is emerging as a priority for Métis communities. Our team is engaged with an intergenerational and lifecourse-oriented program of research on aging well in collaboration with a northern Saskatchewan Métis community (in Canada). We employ a community-engaged participatory action methodology that integrates Métis and Western perspectives through iterative cycles of planning, implementing, and action. Métis perspectives are provided by two Métis community leads and Western perspectives by two non-Métis team leads from the University of Saskatchewan, Canada. Our research program commenced with the development of a program logo which was created by two Métis community youth. We reflect on the intergeneratiaonl health and wellness symbols and significance of this research program logo as our research has progressed. It has become clear that the logo may provide a nascent Métis intergenerational wellness framework that aligns with what we are learning from Métis research participants (young and old). Further, the logo aligns with Indigenous theory and a framework that has informed our original research proposal. In this "advancing the field paper" we introduce the logo and describe its relevance to intergenerational wellbeing among Métis peoples. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Faith-based organizations offer an opportunity for intergenerational relationships. Two of the major barriers in initiating these relationships include (a) providing a structured environment for individuals to first communicate and (b) overcoming the initial anxiety of interacting with someone from a different generation. This paper describes the design and implementation of Women Empowering Wellness (WEW), a faith-based intergenerational program. WEW allows college-age females and older women to interact in a structured environment for eight-weeks. Several benefits were observed including formed relationships/sisterhood, personal sharing/open dialogue/vulnerability, and learning about the other generation. Given the testimonies of participants, WEW was beneficial, enjoyable, and meaningful to both younger and older women and has the potential to be implemented in other faith-based organizations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Intergenerational Health Review (IHR) postulates that reminiscence of personal history is a reconciling process beneficial to individuals since it helps to find meaning in life and gain a better sense of well-being. This paper presents a college course project, within which students documented reminiscence stories in older adults' lives based on an event of recovery from illness. Evaluation of findings indicated that the pilot IHR project benefited students and older participants. Future studies should investigate how a college project like IHR can work on promoting the goal of intrinsic motivation rather than just focusing on grades. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper intends to provoke thoughts into intergenerational relations and future policies that can strengthen solidarity within families and community in order to face the challenges of aging population. It first provides an overview of intergenerational relations and the efforts to promote intergenerational programs in the specific context of contemporary Hong Kong. Through a sociological lens, it draws on a theoretical framework that explains how intergenerational relations are constructed. It also sets out the factors leading to cohesive or conflicting relations at the individual, family and community levels. The paper concludes by applying this framework to inform intergenerational programming, and to suggest ways to promote IP and to take intergenerational perspective into policy design towards a healthy and intergenerational cohesive community. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The main purpose of this paper is to present the wider context and possibilities for developing intergenerational education in Spanish primary schools. Starting with an overview of the state of intergenerational relationships in the country, the paper moves onto positing that bridging intergenerational relationships across familial and non-familial settings is a pathway ahead to boost cooperation between generations. Schools in general and primary schools in particular are argued to be ideal intergenerational contact zones for such a bridging. Seven principles are put forward thinking of policy-makers who would like to consider the infusion of an intergenerational perspective in primary schools. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

This paper explores the conceptual and practical frameworks necessary to foster vibrant and equal learning opportunities for young children and elders through intergenerational singing programs. The paper focuses on the affordances necessary to create authentic and transformative learning environments for both generations, including the need for knowledgeable, insightful, and informed leadership, the development of a curriculum with specific outcomes for each generation, attention to curriculum planning, implementation, and ease of access to the program, to the curriculum, to each other, and to the venue. The benefits of learning through intergenerational singing extend well beyond the vibrancy of lifelong learning and improved singing, and include the mutual, reciprocal, and valued friendships between the younger and older participants that develop during such programs; observations of the incremental confidence that each generation acquires during the program; awareness, acceptance, and appreciation for growth, aging, and death; and better health such as improved mobility, less stress, and increased breath support. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Analysis of data on school leavers in the UK points to considerable inequality in access to higher education. This is particularly acute in Scotland where access to the most competitive courses remains extremely difficult for those young people who are first in their generation to try and enter university or from low-income households. Programs to address this issue have had varied approaches framed around policy ambitions to “close the attainment gap” or “raise aspirations.” However, research has argued that these approaches have largely conceptualized the problem at an individual rather than structural level (Cummings et al., 2012; Gorard, Beng, & Davies, 2012). The Intergenerational Mentoring Network is an ongoing research and development project which recruits retired professionals as volunteer mentors and matches them with 15–18 year old secondary school pupils from lower-income areas of the city. This paper draws from research within this project to demonstrate the difficulties these young people face surrounding their interaction with very different social and cultural worlds, of which they have limited understanding and very restricted access. The paper illuminates the crucial role that intergenerational relationships can play in supporting young people in their journey into higher education. These are roles that, collectively, are enabling more young people to move into university and professional careers and through increasing social mobility are challenging inequality. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The article discusses the intergenerational (IG) activity "Let's Make a Movie" in Aguascalientes, Mexico that aims to gather non-familiar older adults and adolescents to produce a short film and gain new experiences with people they are not familiar with. Topics include how adolescents view older adults as boring and conservative and older people's view of the young as impolite and insolent and the Fifth Dimension model to create new approaches to learning.

This paper offers a range of perspectives on living well in later life while acknowledging that that there is no predefined formula, single pathway or personal style for doing so. The concept 'practical wisdom' is introduced to improve understandings surrounding its nature, characteristics and contribution to positive intergenerational relationships. Older people who display aspects of practical wisdom are more likely to have acquired value orientations that affirm concern for life beyond oneself. A fluid approach is taken that places wisdom within the context of everyday transactions between the older individual, family, friends and community. In essence, the primary aim of this essay is to stimulate debate, reflection and ongoing conversations among scholars and students of gerontology in the interest of opening new ways of thinking including the possibility of identifying a viable framework for research opportunities arising from a focus on positive aspects of old age that relate to 1) living well in later life 2) the acquisition and application of practical everyday wisdom and 3) establishing partnership arrangements with older adults that can facilitate the transmission of understandings on wisdom and the art of growing old as part of their commitment to the development of future generations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper offers intergenerational professionals a unique approach to enhancing the physical, social, and emotional health of older adults residing in nursing facilities. Authors present a flexible framework for the adoption, adaptation, and facilitation of a university-driven intergenerational community-engaged learning program to engage residents in large group fitness activities. Strategies for program development and implementation are discussed using the Penn State Altoona and Old Dominion University Senior Wellness program as a flexible model promising reciprocal benefits for older adults and professionals in-training. The authors encourage program modification for application in readers' respective intergenerational settings. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper aims to use an effective retirement age as a proxy for the borderline between generations and verifies whether deteriorating demographics are a stimulating factor of quantitative relations between generations through retirement age policy. Regression models for cross-sectional time series covering 20 OECD countries in the period 1971–2013 are employed. The results show that an increasing life expectancy, resulting in a growing elderly population, worsens the situation of the working generation as compared to pensioners' generation. This creates a need to extend duration of working life through efficient retirement age policy and HRM strategies in multigenerational workplaces. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The Republic of Korea has its own tradition of intergenerational solidarity based on long-lasting social norms and values. This paper explores the issues associated with filial piety for elderly parents and older relatives, and its impact on intergenerational relationships in Korean culture. An exploratory study was conducted as data were collected from 17 individual interviews between 2018 and 2019 across the nation. Thematic analysis was used to develop themes through interaction with the data. The findings show that the core principle of filial piety continues to constitute a major component of intergenerational relationships and practices in contemporary Korean society. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

An editorial is presented to the article the country to transition from society that has aging to an aged society, has the fastest such transition on record. Topics include rapid growth of the older population posed the county with unprecedented challenges due to limited opportunities and resource; and gaps in historical and cultural experiences for generations accentuated differences in cultural values and communication methods.

This paper explores the intergenerational dynamics of “giving back” among immigrants in an Asian American community in the southern region of the United States. The paper is guided by the intergenerational ambivalence paradigm to explore dynamics between first and second generations in their community involvement. The study used the qualitative method of phenomenological approach to identify emerging themes that include (a) importance of ethnic organizations; (b) defined roles and responsibilities within the ethnic organizations that exist between first and second generations; and (c) the second generation wanting to give back and manage ethnic organizations differently from the first generation. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

This paper presents a psychological model of intergenerational tutoring, which applies to both helpers and those who are helped. It shows how fully formed intergenerational tutoring can operate, and can thus identify gaps. These gaps can be addressed and some filled by learning partners, perhaps with help from professionals or more experienced partners. Sixteen elements are identified, the first two in sequence, then five with equal weight, then nine in sequence. The model is a template for monitoring intergenerational interactions as they are happening. It also forms a tool for self-assessment/peer assessment. Additionally, it may help in designing intergenerational tutoring. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This study examined the role of face-to-face intergenerational contact in reducing ageism among 467 young Chinese people. The results showed that the quality of face-to-face intergenerational contact contributed significantly to young people's attitudes toward older people, and that equal intergenerational status and frequent phone communication were positively associated with the perceived quality of their face-to-face contact between older and younger people. Also, attitudes toward older people and phone communication had a significant positive influence on their prosocial behavior toward older people. Strategies to reduce ageism should include policies to strengthening positive intergenerational relationships especially in families with elderly members, and efforts to implementing intergenerational programs that feature an equal intergenerational status. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In the Australian context, the out-of-home care of children and respite service for older adults are segregated. Yet internationally there has been a shift toward intergenerational programs that purposefully bring together younger and older people for mutual benefits. This paper examines the enablers of, supports for, and constraints of introducing intergenerational care programs (IGC) within the Australian legislation and regulations of child-care and aged-care programs. In doing so, program design features, workforce strategies, and built environment are considered. The literature indicates that the meshing of standards into IGC programs provides an opportunity to make intergenerational care an attractive model for respite to caregivers and recipients of care, while providing intergenerational contact for younger families. Such a program is likely to be cost effective with economies-of-scale workforce efficiencies. Future research will involve a needs assessment of potential consumers to explore the possible demand for intergenerational care programs within Australia before conducting a trial of different intergenerational care programs. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Recently, there has been growing interest in the way in which digital games can affect intergenerational interactions. Although the existing body of knowledge on intergenerational digital games is quite extensive, a systematic understanding of how digital games can enhance intergenerational interactions is still lacking. This paper reports on the state-of-the-art of current digital games and their utility in enhancing intergenerational interaction. Thirty-six papers published between 2006 and 2014 in English-language publications met inclusion criteria. The review presents sets of recommendations for designing game-mediated environments to enhance intergenerational interaction. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Intergenerational practitioners have identified documentation of impact as the greatest challenge. Intergenerational program outcomes are best understood when interpreted through a theory-research-practice framework. We present theory and evidence informing an intergenerational model developed and tested over several years in the current paper. Theories emphasizing relationships, both interpersonal and with the environment, figure centrally in the model. Empirical data from multiple sources further support the practices. Steps needed to further test the model are described. A validated, parsimonious practice model can support successful implementation and evaluation of intergenerational programs, meeting an identified need for training and evaluation resources. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Ongoing engagement with society and having a supportive environment are important protective factors for our mental wellbeing. Through meaningful engagement with children, seniors feel valued, empowered, and have a renewed sense of purpose. This is a health-romoting measure in enhancing and maintaining senior's functional abilities and wellbeing. To support an ongoing engagement, National Trades Union Congress (NTUC) Health's Silver Circle Senior Care Centre (SCC) and a co-located childcare (My First Skool) in Singapore jointly developed and piloted an intergenerational (IG) collaboration programme. This paper describes the development, interventions and lessons learned from a senior care perspective. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

There is a growing interest in intergenerational connectivity through intergenerational programs. In this work, a review of intergenerational programs was performed, with focus on the program design and objectives as well as in their outcomes. We used a systematic review method in which we screened 3,796 articles. After analyzing titles, abstracts, and full paper analysis, 16 articles were retained. Each study was reviewed, and data were extracted related to target population, study design, characteristics of intervention, outcomes, and effectiveness. Intergenerational programs included educational programs and art, Information technology development, cultural heritage, health education, and therapeutic activities. Most of the programs collected both quantitative and/or qualitative data. Seven studies collected data in the beginning and at the end of the program. Significant diversity in sample size and intervention length was found. Measurement of outcomes was performed in both young and/or elderly group of participants. Programs impact evaluation varied between studies, including validated scales, interviews, observation, focus groups, and conversation analysis, narratives, videotaped sessions, and field notes. Our study highlighted the diversity in the design of studies and in the program's effectiveness evaluation. More randomized design studies are required to support researchers and practitioners in the development of future intergenerational programs. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper is a review of an intergenerational song produced in the Philippines in 1980, which features a dialogue of an older adult and a young child. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this paper, the authors describe the first year of a project and the process undertaken to implement intergenerational (IG) programs in two sites: a continuing care retirement community and an early care and education center, which are located geographically close to one another in a small Midwestern town in the United States. The authors discuss the application and results based on the management framework for IG programming articulated by Jarrot and colleagues (2006) and its utility for planning and implementing IG programming in both sites. Reflections about the planning and implementation and outcomes of IG programs are also included. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper reviews five examples of award-winning children’s literature, all in picture book format, that have been used extensively at The Intergenerational School in Cleveland to stimulate intergenerational conversation, discussion, and projects. Each of the books depicts the relationship between younger and older individuals in powerful, positive and sensitive ways. Two of the books explicitly include characters who are experiencing memory challenges, though the terms dementia or Alzheimer’s disease are never used. The books lend themselves to storytelling and reminiscence and can thus be the foundation for a variety of learning activities involving narrative, writing, art, history and culture. The authors provide examples of how each book has been used with children and elders but most importantly, the goal is to inspire others to find similar books and opportunities for intergenerational learning in their own settings. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Schools are settings where intergenerational relationships can be forged in their capacity as microcosms or small communities through cooperative approaches and meaningful learning. This paper outlines the main practical, policy-related, and research implications of intergenerational education programs, based on the experience of the European SACHI (“Sharing Childhood”) project. From the resulting guide to good practices that was drawn up, the generation of synergies should be highlighted as a means of bringing about changes in relationships as opposed to just attitudes. The importance is also raised of a rigorous assessment process. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

This paper examines whether nonfamilial intergeneration programs reduce age stereotyping and increase the well-being of both youth and older adults in five East Asian communities. We used the systematic review method and screened 2,261 abstracts, selecting 14 publications for full review. Studies reported positive attitudinal changes among young and old participants. The intergeneration programs generally covered one of two themes: art activities or cultural heritage. Three best practices that can enhance intervention effectiveness were pre-intervention training, maintaining the intensity of the intervention on a weekly base, and pair-wise matching between the two stakeholders. More studies are recommended to test intergenerational programs with randomized designs and a wider age range of young participants. Culturally specific intergenerational contact theory is also in need of development, particularly “status concern” between the young and old generation. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

An intergenerational pickleball tournament was designed to create a setting wherein older adults interact with undergraduate students, generating an intergenerational learning experience. Teams of older adults were recruited through the local Area Agency on Aging and paired with undergraduate students to provide an opportunity for older adults to share their love and knowledge of pickleball with a younger generation. The students interacted with active, older adults in an activity that connected the generations. An informal evaluation, completed by students, and process-evaluative measures revealed the successes of the tournament. Interdisciplinary approaches to this intergenerational experience brought both academic and community partners together for the creation and implementation of the event. This practice-based paper includes a rationale for tournament implementation, describes program goals and implementation details, and includes a theoretical framework for application. Additionally, the authors utilize student feedback and process-evaluation measures to discuss implications for practice and relevance to other locales. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The increased age diversity in society challenges organizations to rethink the purpose and structuring of learning. This article proposes that an intergenerational learning (IL) approach can be useful for addressing the emergent needs, since IL implies a reciprocal process of learning and knowledge development. Taking an IL approach involves a shift from “succession of knowledge” to “co-creation of knowledge” in knowledge-sharing efforts. This shift becomes crucial as the digital generation enters the workforce. This paper presents insights from a case where students and entrepreneurs were engaged in an IL project to learn about business advantages and social media. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

An introduction is presented in which the editor discusses articles in the issue on topics including Intergenerational Relationships, and Obligations in the Context of Immobility Regimes.

Concerns have been raised regarding the limited opportunities for intergenerational communication both outside and within the family. This "mapping review" draws together empirical literature in the topic published since 1996. Three hundred and twenty-four published studies met inclusion criteria, based on abstract review. The contents of each study were subjected to thematic analysis and nine broad themes emerged. These were (1) Dynamics of relationships, (2) Health & Well-being, (3) Learning & Literacy, (4) Attitudes, (5) Culture, (6) Digital, (7) Space, (8) Professional Development, and (9) Gender & Sexual Orientation. Studies commonly intersected disciplinary research areas. There was a marked rise across three key academic journals since 2007. An emergent finding was that a third of the studies relate to programs addressing intergenerational interventions, but many of these were primarily descriptive and failed to specify a primary outcome. Review implications and future research directions are discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Intergenerational service-learning offers many benefits to undergraduate college students but can pose challenges too. One potential challenge is if an older adult participant dies during the program. Currently, there is a lack of literature providing guidance to instructors about how to proceed when such an event occurs. This article provides an example of such an event from the Lives Well Lived program and applies information from the grief literature to offer recommendations for instructors on how to plan for such an incident, and how to respond if an older adult dies during a service-learning program. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The aim of this study is to determine the perception levels of teachers' intergenerational knowledge sharing and intergenerational learning and to reveal the relationship between these variables. This study is a descriptive research which uses the relational screening model. The sample of the study consists of 464 teachers chosen by disproportionately stratified sampling in public primary, secondary and high schools in the Gebze district of Kocaeli province, Turkey, during the 2018–2019 academic year. The data were gathered via the Intergenerational Knowledge Sharing scale and the Intergenerational Learning scale. Arithmetic mean, standard deviation, regression, and correlation analyses were applied to the data. As a result of the study, a positive high-level relationship was found to exist between intergenerational knowledge sharing and intergenerational learning. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]