Students in Durham, North Carolina, and their professor, artist and professor Sarah Wilbur, PhD., will move you on an exciting journey into the virtual world of elder collaboration and the complexities inherent to adapting this exciting program to a la 2020.
Western Kentucky University student, Cameron Fontes, reflects on his year of learning with TimeSlips.
Over the last two years, I looked back at 25 years of work with this lens of thickened emotion. It was an incredible journey – to revisit and write about incredibly moving experiences with elders and artists and caregivers, and to look at my parents as they, who have watched my work evolve, entered this same space. I continued to learn as I observed them. And I am humbled by the experience.
Angela Swan’s “The People We Love” visual quilt is a balm for anxious times. Learn how to create your own.
“What can I do to help?” I’m getting this question a lot right now. As someone who has worked to integrate the arts into long-term care for the last 20 years, suddenly there is a powerful need for the meaning, joy, and connection they can bring. But how? Here are some ideas for those of us with elder family members or who just want to be of help.
Yes, And. It is the core philosophy of TimeSlips. And it is what this moment calls us to do.
This is my story about how my 18 month journey with The Righteous League began with just one question.
It is Thanks-giving time…we at TimeSlips have two huge thank yous to give: Kate Britton and Susan McFadden, who guided us with such generous spirits and exquisite expertise.
When I stood up at the school awards day as a shy eighth-grader receiving the outstanding service award, I really didn’t know what service meant. Fast-forward 30+ years: my family’s involvement in the Armed Forces became the catalyst for my own life work. Now I see service in action, with color, sound, and shape from one human-being-as-artist to another.
I spent years considering how a paid caregiver spends her day in a client’s home. They carefully follows our agency’s care plan: preparing and serving meals, assisting with a bath and dressing, accompanying the client out for a walk or shopping or going to an appointment, doing laundry, keeping the environment clean and neat, reminding the client to take her medications as the doctor ordered. The day goes by accomplishing these basic and very important tasks. But I felt that something was missing – a richer, more meaningful interaction between the caregiver and the client – something beyond accomplishing the tasks in the care plan.
