It all begins with an idea.
At Creative Aging Solutions, we help organizations that support older adults bring the arts to life. Whether you need custom creative aging programs, hands-on staff and caregiver training, or easy-to-use online tools—we’ve got you covered.
Our background
We are among the founders and innovators of the Creative Aging field, who recognized the vast need of mental health care for a rapidly expanding older population and unique benefits of the arts. For more than two decades, we have been educators, program designers, clinicians, teaching artists, and thought partners in creative aging, art therapy, arts in health and art education. Creative Aging Solutions is proud of the rapid growth in the creative aging field and increased awareness of the benefits of arts in health, but also recognizes that most older people do not have access to arts engagement opportunities and thus there is much work to be done.
Creative Aging SolutionsFounder
Raquel Chapin Stephenson, PhD
Raquel is a dedicated leader advancing the wellbeing of older adults through the transformative power of the arts. As founder of Creative Aging Services and a board-certified, licensed creative arts therapist, she integrates clinical practice, research, and education to promote health and vitality in later life.
A Professor at Lesley University and Fulbright Scholar, Raquel’s international work highlights the vital connection between creativity and aging. Her acclaimed book, Art Therapy and Creative Aging: Reclaiming Elderhood, Health and Wellbeing, explores how artistic engagement fosters resilience, purpose, and wellbeing across the lifespan.