Champion Intergenerational Center: Bridging Ages and Enriching Lives
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2017-05-03
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Ohio State University. Office of Outreach and Engagement
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The Champion Intergenerational Center is a university-community collaboration whose mission is for older adults, children, and university students to work together with staff/faculty to advance knowledge, health, and wellness across the lifespan. All generations are engaged, feel valued, and find purpose. Students train with children, elders, and families in a unique community setting in a neighborhood undergoing tremendous revitalization. Our collective vision is to improve the lives of all generations through discovery, learning, and service.
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IMPACT. 1: Older adults and young children are able to build relationships, find purpose, and have fun by participating in planned and spontaneous intergenerational activities multiple times a week. -- 2. Students are exposed to training in the areas of implicit bias, self-care, intergenerational programming and relationships, working with children, and working with older adults. -- 3. Students have an opportunity to learn in a unique training venue while gaining practice skills that can be immediately replicated in the areas of interprofessional practice, community engagement, and healthcare.
OSU PARTNERS: College of Nursing; College of Social Work; College of Medicine, Office of Geriatrics and Interprofessional Aging Studies
COMMUNITY PARTNERS: National Church Residences Center for Senior Health, provider of adult day service; Columbus Early Learning Centers, provider of early childhood and pre-school education
PRIMARY CONTACT: Cynthia Dougherty (cynthia.dougherty@osumc.edu)
OSU PARTNERS: College of Nursing; College of Social Work; College of Medicine, Office of Geriatrics and Interprofessional Aging Studies
COMMUNITY PARTNERS: National Church Residences Center for Senior Health, provider of adult day service; Columbus Early Learning Centers, provider of early childhood and pre-school education
PRIMARY CONTACT: Cynthia Dougherty (cynthia.dougherty@osumc.edu)
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Engaged Scholars, v. 5 (2017).