Building Bridges Across Age and Cognitive Barriers Through Art: College Students' Reflections on an Intergenerational Program With Elders who Have Dementia
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Building Bridges Across Age and Cognitive Barriers Through Art: College Students' Reflections on an Intergenerational Program With Elders who Have Dementia Elizabeth Lokon PhD a , Jennifer M. Kinney PhD b & Suzanne Kunkel PhD c a Research Associate, Scripps Gerontology Center, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, USA b Professor, Department of Sociology and Gerontology & Fellow, Scripps Gerontology Center, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, USA c Director, Scripps Gerontology Center & Profssor, Department of Sociology and Gerontology, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, USA
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