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  • Gerontology
  • Arts and Health
  • Creative Aging Studies

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  • Creative aging initiatives are crucial for enhancing older adults' well-being.
  • Integrating arts like singing with movement, dance, and story (Singing+) offers multifaceted benefits.
  • Older adults benefit from activities that stimulate cognitive, physical, and social engagement.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To conduct a scoping review of Singing+ activities for older adults.
  • To examine how Singing+ enhances quality of life in the aging population.
  • To identify global opportunities and research gaps in Singing+ for older adults.

Main Methods:

  • Scoping review methodology.
  • Systematic search and synthesis of literature on Singing+ and older adults.
  • Analysis of diverse global art forms and their integration with singing.

Main Results:

  • Singing+ activities dynamically engage cognitive, physical, and social capacities in older adults.
  • These integrated arts provide opportunities for creative expression, development, and meaningful challenges.
  • Singing+ with story specifically supports community, role-playing, self-expression, and space reclamation.

Conclusions:

  • Singing+ offers significant potential for creative expression, selfhood exploration, and meaningful aging.
  • Further research is needed with more systematic approaches and detailed reporting of activities, pedagogies, and participant characteristics.
  • Strengthening the research base will help optimize Singing+ for lifelong learning and well-being in older populations.