CREATIVE CURRENTS
2007 MindAlert Awards
A songwriting program for elders with Alzheimer's disease, a memory clinic and workbook for everyday use and a unique intergenerational school were honored with the 2007 MindAlert Awards presented by the American Society on Aging (ASA) and MetLife Foundation during ASA's national conference in Chicago in March.
The MindAlert Awards recognize innovations in mental fitness programming for older adults by nonprofit organizations in three awards categories: mental fitness for cognitively impaired older adults, programs for the general population of elders, and older-adult learning programs where mental fitness is …