Consider This with Christine Zak Edmonds
Creating Connection Through Art and Shared Meals
Clip: Season 6 Episode 29 | 1m 37sVideo has Closed Captions
Art activities and shared meals give older adults reasons to create, connect and belong.
Peggy Jacques explains how art activities can support creativity, coordination and expression at Graceland Center. She also shares why congregate meals matter: they provide nutritious food, but just as importantly, give older adults one less meal to prepare and one less meal to eat alone.
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Consider This with Christine Zak Edmonds is a local public television program presented by WTVP
Consider This with Christine Zak Edmonds
Creating Connection Through Art and Shared Meals
Clip: Season 6 Episode 29 | 1m 37sVideo has Closed Captions
Peggy Jacques explains how art activities can support creativity, coordination and expression at Graceland Center. She also shares why congregate meals matter: they provide nutritious food, but just as importantly, give older adults one less meal to prepare and one less meal to eat alone.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorshipSo in terms of art.
- Mm-hmm.
- Is that, that you actually have them doing something?
You have a presenter come and then they do something?
Or how does that work?
- Both.
- Okay.
- Yeah, both.
Yeah, we have- - All right.
- We always have a craft on Thursday, on the down day.
We have one, I don't know if you're familiar, there's Mather's centers for LifeWays in Chicago, and they have a research institute, To Age Well And so we actually tried to model after them, but they folded one part of their programming during, because of COVID, so they provide us with art kits.
And so it has wonderful step-by-step instructions that people, we can take and do in a group.
- Better than paint by number?
- Yeah, yeah, it's fun because it's... And they research, what's a good way for hand-eye coordination?
- And dexterity, yes.
- And color and expression, so it's always different.
Like, I would not be able to come up with all of these, you know?
- Right.
- So... - Well, it's nice that you have figured out how to pull in these resources and have them in one central location.
So this is a one-stop shop for retirees now.
- [Peggy] Yes.
- And you cover ages 50 and up?
- Mm-hmm, yeah.
And it's free of charge.
And the other big thing is our congregate meals.
We started that with Neighborhood House.
They've been amazing.
So they're no fee, no charge to anybody over the age of 60.
And the difference of eating together is amazing.
- Mm-hmm.
- Yeah.
And it also helps people because then that's one less meal they have to cook, one less meal to eat alone.
Yeah, it's a beautiful thing.
What a Modern Senior Center Looks Like
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Clip: S6 Ep29 | 1m 16s | Movies, exercise and service projects help older adults stay active and connected. (1m 16s)
Why Senior Centers Matter After Retirement
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Clip: S6 Ep29 | 50s | Peggy Jacques explains how senior centers build connection and purpose after retirement. (50s)
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