Civic Engagement Reports and Resources

A collection of some major reports and resources on civic engagement and older adults. Email us if you have suggestions for adding additional material to this page.

• **NEW in 2006** Designs for Change: Libraries and Productive Aging
  (Americans for Libraries Council and the Institute of Museum and Library Services, 2006)
  http://www.lifelonglibraries.org/documents/DesignsforChangefinal4-03-06_000.pdf
• Reinventing Aging: Baby Boomers and Civic Engagement (Harvard School of Public Health - MetLife Foundation, 2004)
  http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/chc/reinventingaging/Report.pdf
• A Tale of Two Older Americas : Community Opportunities and Challenges (AdvantAge Initiative, 2004)
  http://www.vnsny.org/advantage/AI_NationalSurveyReport.pdf
• New Directions in Civic Engagement: University Meets Main Street (Pew Partnership, 2004)
  http://www.pew-partnership.org/newdirections.html
• Meaningful Service and Employment of Older Adults (Winter Park Health Foundation, 2004)
  http://www.wphf.org/pubs/studypdfs/MSreport.pdf
• Volunteer Management Capacity in America 's Charities and Congregations (The Urban Institute, 2004)
  http://www.urban.org/template.cfm?Template=/TaggedContent/
  ViewPublication.cfm&PublicationID=8794&NavMenuID=95
• Attitudes of Individuals 50 and Older Toward Phased Retirement (AARP, 2005)
  http://www.aarp.org/research/work/retirement/
  attitudes_of_individuals_50_and_older_toward_phase.html
• Is Early Retirement Ending? (AARP, 2004)
  http://www.aarp.org/research/work/retirement/is_early_retirement_ending.html
• Aging and Work – A View from the United States (AARP, 2004)
  http://www.aarp.org/research/work/retirement/is_early_retirement_ending.html
• Baby Boomers Envision Their Retirement II: Survey of Baby Boomers' Expectations for Retirement (AARP, 2004)
  http://www.aarp.org/research/work/retirement/aresearch-import-865.html
• Baby Boomers Envision Their Retirement: An AARP Segmentation Analysis (AARP, 1999)
  http://www.aarp.org/research/work/retirement/aresearch-import-299.html
• Time and Money: An In-Depth Look at 45+ Volunteers and Donors (AARP, 2003)
  http://www.aarp.org/research/reference/publicopinions/Articles/aresearch-import-498.html
• Recasting Retirement: New Perspectives on Aging and Civic Engagement (Civic Ventures, 2002)
  http://www.civicventures.org/publications/booklets/recasting_retirement.cfm
• The New Face of Retirement: An Ongoing Survey of American Attitudes on Retirement (Civic Ventures, 2002, 1999)
  http://www.civicventures.org/publications/surveys/new-face-of-work.cfm
• Engaging Older Volunteers in After-School Programs (Civic Ventures, 2002)
  http://www.experiencecorps.org/images/pdf/engaging_older_volunteers.pdf
• Baby Boomers and the New Age of Volunteerism (Corporation for National Service, 2001)
  http://www.nationalserviceresources.org/filemanager/download/465/lindblom.pdf
• Volunteer Connections: New Strategies for Involving Older Adults (Volunteer Canada, 2001)
  http://www.volunteer.ca/volunteer/pdf/OlderAdults-Eng.pdf