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Senior Centers

Known as: Center, Senior, Senior Center, Centers for the Aged 
Community centers for older adults and providers of resources for the community. In addition to providing services and activities for older adults… 
National Institutes of Health

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Review
2008
Review
2008
Happiness and Humor Group Promotes Life Satisfaction for Senior Center Participants
ABSTRACT The impact of positive psychological attitudes on physical health and healthy aging has been well documented through… 
2008
2008
Future Challenges for Senior Center Programming to Serve Younger and More Active Baby Boomers
ABSTRACT Misconceptions and myths regarding the image of senior centers need to be overcome especially among the baby boom… 
2007
2007
Step by step: integrating evidence-based fall-risk management into senior centers.
PURPOSE Our purpose in this project was to conceptualize and implement evidence-based fall-prevention programming into senior… 
Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
Selective Impairment of Frontal‐Executive Cognitive Function in African Americans with Cardiovascular Risk Factors
Objectives: To determine whether a summary cardiovascular risk score is associated with an increased risk of frontal‐executive… 
Review
1994
Review
1994
Changes in Senior Center Participant Characteristics During the 1980s
Longitudinal data on changes in senior center partici- pation characteristics are analyzed for a nationally representative sample… 
Review
1992
Review
1992
Durable power of attorney for health care. A survey of senior center participants.
Fifty-nine healthy senior center participants were interviewed to determine how, when, and why the durable power of attorney for… 
Review
1991
Review
1991
Senior centers and minority elders: a critical review.
This paper examines the literature on senior center participation and factors related to participation for minority elders. The… 
1987
1987
Participation in Multipurpose Senior Centers
Studies of participation in senior centers frequently compare attenders and nonattenders on a number of social psychological… 
1985
1985
Factors Affecting Utilization of Senior Centers
This study investigated whether older adults of varying race, sex and socioeconomic characteristics would differ in factors that… 
1984
1984
Senior center utilization by black elderly adults: social, attitudinal and knowledge correlates.
This study examined factors that affect utilization of senior centers by three groups of black elderly adults: attenders (n = 46… 
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