Did you know that hearing loss is one of the only preventable risk factors contributing to dementia in older adults?

Dr. Thurmon Lockhart, the Inaugural MORE Foundation Life in Motion Professor in the Biomedical Engineering program in the School of Biological Health and Systems Engineering at ASU

Throughout the year, Mirabella residents have had the opportunity to collaborate closely with the ASU Dance program with the help of Mirabella residents Ann and Beth.

In a report by Generations United, babies and preschoolers benefit from being around older adults by higher levels of interactive play , Improved abilities with cooperative play, Improved empathy, Greater social acceptance, Better vocabulary and language abilities.

We are proud to end the inaugural year of the Mirabella at ASU Musician-in-Residence Program. The MIRs put together a concert celebration to mark the end of Cohort 1, and it was a great turnout from the community.

The makerspace at the Hayden Library and also the Fabrication Lab (The “FabLab”) within the Arts, Media and Engineering school are both amenities to which Mirabella at ASU residents have access as a part of their affiliate membership in the ASU community.

On May 20th, Mirabella at ASU was awarded a Leading Age Innovative Award at the Arizona LeadingAge Conference. Mirabella at ASU accepted the award at a special ceremony at the conference. The leadership team at Mirabella at ASU— Jared Dhaenens, Lindsey Beagley, Darla Esnard, and Michael Great—also presented at the conference by sharing information on how Mirabella at ASU has integrated programming, shared space, and facilitated university partnership.

When President Michael Crow hatched the idea of a retirement community on ASU’s campus to demonstrate ASU’s commitment to supporting learning through a lifetime, he assigned University Realty (a subsidiary of ASU Enterprise Partners) to explore the idea.