{"id":47005,"date":"2026-02-19T10:58:32","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T10:58:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/extranet.who.int\/agefriendlyworld\/?p=47005"},"modified":"2026-02-19T12:02:06","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T12:02:06","slug":"supporting-creative-engagement-in-older-age","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/extranet.who.int\/agefriendlyworld\/supporting-creative-engagement-in-older-age\/","title":{"rendered":"Supporting Creative Engagement in Older Age"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/agefriendlyireland.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/MCC-Creative-Arts-Engagement-Report-Final.pdf\">https:\/\/agefriendlyireland.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/MCC-Creative-Arts-Engagement-Report-Final.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n<table width=\"512\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"512\">This report captures the learnings from an innovative approach to supporting older people\u2019s health and wellbeing using a programme of creative engagement. The initiative was developed by Age Friendly Ireland using co-design sessions with Older People\u2019s Councils across the country. It was funded by the Creative Ireland Programme in the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport &amp; Media. The proposal responded to findings from a TILDA study that identified positive health and well-being outcomes for older people relating to their creative engagement across a range of activities. The proposal sought to develop six bespoke regional initiatives that would be co-designed with members of Older People\u2019s Councils and supported by a regional staff team.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/agefriendlyireland.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/MCC-Creative-Arts-Engagement-Report-Final.pdf\">https:\/\/agefriendlyireland.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/MCC-Creative-Arts-Engagement-Report-Final.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This report captures the learnings from an innovative approach to supporting older people\u2019s health and wellbeing using a programme of creative engagement. The initiative was developed by Age Friendly Ireland using co-design sessions with Older People\u2019s Councils across the country. It was funded by the Creative Ireland Programme in the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport &amp; Media. The proposal responded to findings from a TILDA study that identified positive health and well-being outcomes for older people relating to their creative engagement across a range of activities. The proposal sought to develop six bespoke regional initiatives that would be co-designed with members of Older People\u2019s Councils and supported by a regional staff team.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":239,"featured_media":47007,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0},"categories":[552],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/extranet.who.int\/agefriendlyworld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47005"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/extranet.who.int\/agefriendlyworld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/extranet.who.int\/agefriendlyworld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/extranet.who.int\/agefriendlyworld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/239"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/extranet.who.int\/agefriendlyworld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47005"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/extranet.who.int\/agefriendlyworld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47005\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":47024,"href":"https:\/\/extranet.who.int\/agefriendlyworld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47005\/revisions\/47024"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/extranet.who.int\/agefriendlyworld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/47007"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/extranet.who.int\/agefriendlyworld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47005"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/extranet.who.int\/agefriendlyworld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47005"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/extranet.who.int\/agefriendlyworld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47005"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}