TY - JOUR
T1 - The Senior Odyssey
T2 - Participant experiences of a program of social and intellectual engagement
AU - Parisi, Jeanine M.
AU - Greene, Jennifer C.
AU - Morrow, Daniel G.
AU - Stine-Morrow, Elizabeth A.L.
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors wish to thank Joanne Rompel from the Illinois State Association for Odyssey of the Mind for her enthusiasm and generous supply of materials and wisdom, and Sammy Micklus, who created OOTM and still directs the program, for helping them get our Senior version off the ground. The authors are grateful for support from the National Institute on Aging (R03 AG024551) and the Roybal Center for Healthy Minds (P30 AG023101).
PY - 2007
Y1 - 2007
N2 - The Senior Odyssey was developed to promote social and intellectual engagement among older adults. Modeled after the Odyssey of the Mind program, Senior Odyssey teams meet for one hour weekly over the course of 20 weeks to engage in creative and collaborative problem solving. Within the larger context of the Senior Odyssey research program, qualitative assessments (i.e., interviews, observations) were conducted to provide an understanding of how the program was experienced by participants. Experiences are described in terms of social engagement, intellectual engagement, personal growth, and the program as a unique opportunity. Findings suggested that many participants found the program intellectually stimulating and that it filled a unique niche in their lives.
AB - The Senior Odyssey was developed to promote social and intellectual engagement among older adults. Modeled after the Odyssey of the Mind program, Senior Odyssey teams meet for one hour weekly over the course of 20 weeks to engage in creative and collaborative problem solving. Within the larger context of the Senior Odyssey research program, qualitative assessments (i.e., interviews, observations) were conducted to provide an understanding of how the program was experienced by participants. Experiences are described in terms of social engagement, intellectual engagement, personal growth, and the program as a unique opportunity. Findings suggested that many participants found the program intellectually stimulating and that it filled a unique niche in their lives.
KW - Aging
KW - Cognition
KW - Collaboration
KW - Engagement
KW - Qualitative research
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U2 - 10.1300/J016v31n03_03
DO - 10.1300/J016v31n03_03
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:34748892361
SN - 0192-4788
VL - 31
SP - 31
EP - 49
JO - Activities, Adaptation and Aging
JF - Activities, Adaptation and Aging
IS - 3
ER -