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PILOTING AN INTERGENERATIONAL ECOSYSTEM: THE GEN2GEN INNOVATION FELLOWSHIP AND RESULTS FROM YEAR 1

Intergenerational service has a long history in the U.S., highlighting the positive health and well-being outcomes of bringing the generations together. In recent years, private foundations have increased their focus on intergenerational initiatives, yet the creation of an “intergenerational ecosyst...

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Autores principales: Halvorsen, Cal, Nichols, Eunice Lin, Oh, Janet
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9765260/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igac059.044
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description Intergenerational service has a long history in the U.S., highlighting the positive health and well-being outcomes of bringing the generations together. In recent years, private foundations have increased their focus on intergenerational initiatives, yet the creation of an “intergenerational ecosystem” that is designed to spark, grow, and support new intergenerational initiatives has not been nationally tested. In response, Encore.org launched the Gen2Gen Innovation Fellowship in 2020 to pilot and hone a 9-month fellowship model that supports a diverse group of leaders of intergenerational initiatives. To assess the impact of the Fellowship, we employed a mixed-methods approach with subjective and objective data sources, including interviews and monthly and post-Fellowship surveys. Among the first cohort of 15 Fellows, results suggest that the cohort-style model encouraged peer-to-peer support and that the Fellowship positively influenced their intergenerational efforts. We conclude by describing lessons learned to inspire future efforts to strengthen the intergenerational ecosystem.
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spelling pubmed-97652602022-12-20 PILOTING AN INTERGENERATIONAL ECOSYSTEM: THE GEN2GEN INNOVATION FELLOWSHIP AND RESULTS FROM YEAR 1 Halvorsen, Cal Nichols, Eunice Lin Oh, Janet Innov Aging Abstracts Intergenerational service has a long history in the U.S., highlighting the positive health and well-being outcomes of bringing the generations together. In recent years, private foundations have increased their focus on intergenerational initiatives, yet the creation of an “intergenerational ecosystem” that is designed to spark, grow, and support new intergenerational initiatives has not been nationally tested. In response, Encore.org launched the Gen2Gen Innovation Fellowship in 2020 to pilot and hone a 9-month fellowship model that supports a diverse group of leaders of intergenerational initiatives. To assess the impact of the Fellowship, we employed a mixed-methods approach with subjective and objective data sources, including interviews and monthly and post-Fellowship surveys. Among the first cohort of 15 Fellows, results suggest that the cohort-style model encouraged peer-to-peer support and that the Fellowship positively influenced their intergenerational efforts. We conclude by describing lessons learned to inspire future efforts to strengthen the intergenerational ecosystem. Oxford University Press 2022-12-20 /pmc/articles/PMC9765260/ http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igac059.044 Text en © The Author(s) 2022. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of The Gerontological Society of America. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted reuse, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title_full PILOTING AN INTERGENERATIONAL ECOSYSTEM: THE GEN2GEN INNOVATION FELLOWSHIP AND RESULTS FROM YEAR 1
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title_short PILOTING AN INTERGENERATIONAL ECOSYSTEM: THE GEN2GEN INNOVATION FELLOWSHIP AND RESULTS FROM YEAR 1
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9765260/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igac059.044
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