title: Anthropology, life histories, and the aged: the Toronto Baycrest Centre.
abstract: This article describes and analyzes the accomplishments of a group of aged Jews residing at the Toronto Baycrest Centre, a multilevel geriatric facility. A project that began as an informally planned program to keep the participants socially engaged and active led to the publication of their memoirs , From Our Lives [5], with financial support from the Canadian government. The value of the memoir activity for the group and for the community is outlined. The article concludes with a general discussion of the importance of replicating such activities not only with elderly Jews but also among other groups of elderly persons.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000884:Anthropology, Cultural; D001325:Autobiographies as Topic; D002170:Canada; D003466:Cultural Characteristics; D005061:Europe, Eastern / Q000208:ethnology; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D007585:Jews / Q000266:history*; D009735:Nursing Homes; D012189:Retrospective Studies