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Tim Carpenter is the founder of EngAGE and host/producer of the Experience Talks radio show. EngAGE is a nonprofit that transforms aging and the way people think about aging by turning affordable senior apartment communities into vibrant centers of learning, wellness and creativity. Experience Talks is a radio magazine that shines a light on the value of experience in society, airing for 250,000 listeners on Saturdays at 8 a.m. Pacific on KPFK 90.7 FM in Los Angeles, 98.7 FM in Santa Barbara and streaming live worldwide on the web at www.kpfk.org. Tim has more than 20 years of experience in the field of aging, working in senior housing, services and healthcare. He helped create the Burbank Senior Artists Colony, a first-of-its-kind senior apartment community with high-end arts amenities and programs. Tim serves on the board of directors of the National Center for Creative Aging and in 2008 he was elected an Ashoka Fellow for being one of the top social entrepreneurs in the world. In 2011, Tim received a James Irvine Foundation Leadership Award for his work transforming affordable senior-housing communities into vibrant centers for learning, wellness and creativity.

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Creative Aging: Finding Penelope

Posted April 25, 2011 | 17:41:48 (EST)

"I guess I can say, at 81, I did my stage debut and I have one more thing crossed off my bucket list."

So says Joyce Heinrich, a resident of Luther Manor, a senior living campus in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, during an interview she did on the TV news there recently....

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Creativity and Aging

Posted February 21, 2011 | 08:53:45 (EST)

Pablo Picasso once famously quipped, "Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up."

There is a relatively new phenomenon that, truth be told, started decades ago, as phenomena often do -- it's called "creativity and aging." A landmark study by...

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