Implementing a Virtual, Age-Friendly Intergenerational Program
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As the University of North Carolina Wilmington (UNCW) seeks to become more age-friendly, and faculty in the gerontology program work to pursue endorsement of the Age-Friendly University principles, a virtual intergenerational mentoring project was implemented. The aim was to connect the community’s older adults, including retired faculty, and students. Older adults and students were paired and asked to engage in a series of conversations, watch the documentary Lives Well Lived, and attend a Q&A with Lives Well Lived filmmaker, Sky Bergman. The goal was to improve social connectedness and well-being of older and younger adults in the community, to improve expectations regarding aging for both groups, and to decrease ageism.
