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Journal article
Sharing and caring: Collaborative creativity and co-curated exhibitions to enhance belonging in older adults
Australasian Journal on Ageing, Vol.44(2), pp.1-8
2025
PMID: 40334051
Abstract
Objectives
This paper explores the potential of photographs and creative practice to connect older adults to self and community through photograph-sharing and care practices.
Methods
This qualitative study used a combination of collaborative arts-based practice and friendship as a method to explore creative photo walks with 12 older adults based across residential aged care and community dwellings.
Results
Sharing images with others and collaborative exhibitions enhanced new social connections and personal communications. The research highlighted three key dimensions that emerged from the creative practice: connection, agency and the capacity for giving.
Conclusions
This article contributes to discourses in creative gerontology, participatory research methodologies and arts-based approaches to understanding ageing. By foregrounding the experiences of older adults and centring their creative agency, we challenge deficit-based models of ageing and propose alternative frameworks that recognise the ongoing creativity, resilience and social potential of older individuals.
Details
- Title
- Sharing and caring: Collaborative creativity and co-curated exhibitions to enhance belonging in older adults
- Authors
- Tricia King (Corresponding Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, School of Business and Creative IndustriesMarcia M. N. Grimm (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, School of Business and Creative IndustriesLeah Barclay - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, School of Business and Creative IndustriesDaniel Wadsworth - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, School of Business and Creative Industries
- Publication details
- Australasian Journal on Ageing, Vol.44(2), pp.1-8
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
- Date published
- 2025
- DOI
- 10.1111/ajag.70040
- ISSN
- 1741-6612; 1440-6381
- PMID
- 40334051
- Copyright note
- © 2025 The Author(s). Australasian Journal on Ageing published by John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd on behalf of AJA Inc. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited and is not used for commercial purposes.
- Data Availability
- The data that support the findings of this study are available on request from the corresponding author. The data are not publicly available due to privacy or ethical restrictions.
- Grants
- Creativity and Movement in Ageing Communities: Enhancing wellbeing through friendship, art, and exercise, 0980027788, University of the Sunshine Coast (Australia, Sunshine Coast) - UniSC
- Organisation Unit
- School of Business and Creative Industries; Healthy Ageing Research Cluster
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 991125806202621
- Output Type
- Journal article
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