Growing Old in a New Age

Reviews

Modern Maturity, February/March 1994

"...Growing Old in a New Age features older adults and families sharing their experiences and in the process shedding new light on the realities of aging."

"...designed to encourage viewers to examine their own attitudes about aging."

"...the series can be used as a training tool for community-service agencies, and as a resource for personnel offices, marketing specialists, and others interested in older people as potential workers, clients, and customers."

Wilson Library Bulletin, October 1993

"...intercutting scientific and behavioral pronouncements by experts with interviews of older people in the day-to-day world gives the viewer a sense of what it's like to be an American over sixty-five."

Ageing International, September 1993

"...many segments are particularly appropriate for international use, including Myths and Realities of Aging, How the Body Ages, Maximizing Physical Potential in Older Adults, and Love, Intimacy, and Sexuality."

Senior Forum, Kent Collins, September 1993

"the sum total of the broadcasts my be to define growing old as more intellectually and spiritually adventurous than most of society understands."

University of Wisconsin System (Sandy White, UW-Stout), August 1993

"...provides a supportive framework for faculty with and without experience in teaching gerontology. It offers a training tool for community agencies serving older people and for senior citizen organizations. By encouraging participants to question their own preconceptions of the elderly and to gain a new perspective on the potential for growth and development in aging, the course creates bridges of understanding across generations."

Video Librarian, August 1993

"Three-and-a half Stars."

"...offers an in-depth look at the aging process -- debunking popular myths, providing up-to-date information on the benefits of modern technology and medicine, and examining the psychology of the elderly and their relationships with family and friends."

"A welcome addition to the available video resources on aging. Highly recommended."

Booklist, Spring 1993

"Four Stars."

"Many accepted myths of aging are explored and overturned in these... programs that offer a new perspective on aging."

"Successful senior students enthusiastically relate advice in returning to school,... and reading to deep the mind active."

"This upbeat, informative series is useful for anyone working personally or professionally with aging people..."

Awards

Hawai‘i Pacific Gerontological Society Nalima Kokua Award for Communication/Arts for production of Growing Old in a New Age telecourse and PBS thirteen-hour series, 1994

Retirement Research Foundation National Media Special Achievement Owl Award for production of Growing Old in a New Age telecourse and PBS thirteen-hour series, 1994

National Educational Film and Video Festival Silver Apple to Center on Aging for production of Learning, Memory and Speed of Behavior video, 1994

National Educational Film and Video Festival Bronze Apple to Center on Aging for production of How the Body Ages video, 1994

Mature Market Resource Center Gold Medal to Center on Aging for production of Dying, Death and Bereavement video, 1993

Mature Market Resource Center Silver Medal to Center on Aging for production of Social Roles and Relationships in Old Age video, 1993

Retirement Research Foundation National Media Owl Award to Center on Aging for production of Illness and Disability video, 1993

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