Anne Basting

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Anne Davis Basting, is an American gerontologist working as a professor of English at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee's Peck School of the Arts. Her work centers around aging, memory, and dementia, both from the point of view of the elderly and that of society; and of the uses of theater, storytelling, and other arts in eldercare. She is one of the 2016 MacArthur Fellows (recipients of the $625,000 so-called "genius grants").^[1]^[2]^[3]

Anne Basting
Occupation	Professor
Known for	founder of TimeSlips, pioneer in creative aging
Awards	MacArthur Fellowship, Ashoka Fellow

Academic background
Alma mater	Colorado College University of Wisconsin–Madison University of Minnesota
Academic work
Discipline	Gerontologist, Artist and Writer
Institutions	University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

Website	www.anne-basting.com

Life

The Stages of Age: Performing Age in Contemporary American Culture. University of Michigan Press. 1998. ISBN 0-472-10939-1.^[6]
The arts and dementia care: A resource guide, New York: National Center for Creative Aging, 2003, ISBN 9780982337325
Forget Memory: Creating Better Lives for People with Dementia. JHU Press. 1 November 2009. ISBN 978-0-8018-9649-1.
TimeSlips Creativity Journal. UWM Center on Age & Community, 2004, ISBN 9780982337301
Anne Basting; Maureen Towey; Ellie Rose, eds. (15 May 2016). The Penelope Project: An Arts-Based Odyssey to Change Elder Care. University of Iowa Press. pp. 5–. ISBN 978-1-60938-414-2.^[7]

Basting, A. D. (2001) "God is a talking horse: Performance of self in dementia". The Drama Review 45(3): 78–94.
Basting, A. D. (2003) "Looking back from loss: Performing the ‘self' in Alzheimer’s disease". Journal of Aging Studies 17(1): 87–99.
Basting, A. D. (2006) "The arts and dementia care". Generations 30(1): 16–20.
De Medeiros, K., and A. D. Basting (2013) "Shall I compare thee to a dose of Donepezil?: Cultural arts interventions in dementia care research".The Gerontologist 54(3): 344–353.
McFadden S., and A. D. Basting (2010) "Healthy aging persons and their brains: Promoting resilience through creative engagement". Clinics in Geriatric Medicine 26(1): 149–161.^[7]

^ Schuessler, Jennifer.『MacArthur Foundation Announces 2016 ‘Genius’ Grant Winners』The New York Times September 22, 2016

^ McEvers, Kelley (September 22, 2016). "Theater Artist Anne Basting Named MacArthur Fellow". NPR. Retrieved 28 October 2016.

^ Bowers, Lois (October 5, 2016). "$625,000 stipend will continue work to alter perceptions of aging, dementia". McKnights Senior Living. Retrieved 28 October 2016.

^ "Anne Basting, PhD | NCCA". www.creativeaging.org. Archived from the original on 2016-09-24. Retrieved 2016-09-23.

^ "The Stages of Age". University of Michigan Press. Retrieved 28 October 2016.

^ ^a ^b "Publications (select)". Anne-Basting. Archived from the original on 2 October 2016. Retrieved 28 October 2016.

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