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	Exploritas
		Active in: USA, International 11 Avenue de Lafayette, Boston, MA 02111 Telephone:800-454-5768 http://www.exploritas.org/ Formerly known as Elderhostel, Exploritas puts participants with local and renowned experts, to experience in-depth and behind-the-scenes learning opportunities, from cultural tours and study cruises to walking, biking and more.
	GENCO International
		Active in: USA, International P.O. Box 66, Kensington, MD 20896-0066 Telephone:301-946-6446 Fax:301-962-6169 http://www.genco-games.com/ A game company created by the late Gene Cohen, that specializes in board games that are at the same time educational, intergenerational, and artistic.
	Keenan, Teresa A., and Barrett, Linda L. , Going Back to School: A Bulletin Poll
		American Association for Retired Persons, 2009, Free http://assets.aarp.org/rgcenter/general/back_school.pdf This poll among adults age 50+ reveals that about 16% of older adults have such an intention, but mostly to sharpen their job-related skills.
	Mapping New Directions: Higher Education for Older Adults
		American Council on Education, November 2008, Free http://www.acenet.edu/Content/NavigationMenu/ProgramsServices/CLLL/Reinvesting/MapDirections.pdf Though aimed primarily at higher ed administrators, this report contains useful data about current patronage of higher education opportunities by older Americans.
	Nguyen, Giang T., "More Than Just a Communication Medium: What Older Adults Say About Television and Depression", Gerontologist, 2008 (Vol. 48)
		http://gerontologist.gerontologyjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/48/3/300 The authors find that older adults self-report both positive and negative connections between television viewing and depression.
	Old-Time Radio
		http://www.old-time.com/ Web pages filled with entertaining and educational topics for fans of nostalgic / old-time radio shows.
	Pressman, Susan D., et al, "Association of Enjoyable Leisure Activities with Psychological and Physical Well-Being", Psychosomatic Medicine, 2009
		http://www.psychosomaticmedicine.org/cgi/content/abstract/PSY.0b013e3181ad7978v1 This study confirms that enjoyable leisure activities, taken in the aggregate, are associated with psychosocial and physical measures relevant for health and well-being.
	Rogerson, Richard, and Wallenius, Johanna, Retirement in a Life Cycle Model of Labor Supply with Home Production
		Michigan Retirement Research Center, August 2009, Free http://www.mrrc.isr.umich.edu/publications/papers/pdf/WP205.pdf The authors have produced a rather opaque paper, the burden of which appears to be that life cycle models of employment are too focused on why people leave work, and need to focus more on what they want to do at home.
	Senior Net
		http://www.seniornet.org/jsnet/ SeniorNet's mission is to provide older adults education for and access to computer technologies to enhance their lives and enable them to share their knowledge and wisdom.