Research and Information for Older Adults   

Research and Articles Focused on Older Adults

• Find communities across the US that host Lifelong Learning programs thansk to Road Scholar hosting the directory: Lifelong Learning Institutes 

• Research Paper by Wofford faculty and Student Workers (2023)

  • Successful Aging in Spartanburg 

• 2023 Report from the US Surgeon General on the effects of Social Isolation and Loneliness

  • 2023 US Surgeon General's Report on Social Isolation and Loneliness

• The  'evergreen economy': harnessing the power of healthy longevity. Economist Andrew J. Scott discusses the opportunity for positive and profund change in an aging society. 

• Emory University has a great website on healthy aging including a quarterly magazine called Emory Health Digest. 

• National Resource Center for Osher Lifelong Learning Institutes has a great databank of resources and writitngs from their 125 Bernard Osher Foundation funded Lifelong Learning programs.