The Intersection of Successful Aging and Family Caregiving
For the millions of older adults who rely on the support of a family caregiver, successful aging is not an individual achievement but a cooperative process between a care receiver and a caregiver.
Yijung Kim • Beth Fields • Lauren R. Bangerter • Michael Reese Wittke • Kate Perepezko
A reflection on nurturing spirituality and creativity in those living with dementia
This opinion piece focuses on an award-winning, evidence-based, intergenerational art program Opening Minds through Art, which pairs volunteers with people living with dementia in long-term care co...
Meghan Young • Becky King
Using Art and Technology to Reduce Loneliness and Bridge the Age Divide: A Qualitative Study
Virtual OMA is a synchronous virtual course that connected older adults with college ¾Ã¾ÃÈÈs to share the arts over Zoom on a weekly basis.
Elizabeth Like Lokon
An arts program to improve medical ¾Ã¾ÃÈÈ attitudes towards persons with dementia
Arts-based activities may improve medical ¾Ã¾ÃÈÈ attitudes toward persons living with dementia (PLWD) by facilitating relationships around remaining strengths, capacities, and personhood.
Elizabeth Like Lokon • Cheryl Dellasega • Yue Li • Daniel R. George
For people living with dementia and their care partners, a decline in the ability to effectively communicate can cause significant distress.
Daniel R. George • Kate Levenberg • Elizabeth Like Lokon
This study evaluates whether an arts-based intergenerational experience, Opening Minds through Art (OMA), increases positive attitudes or allophilia ("liking for the other"—in this ...
Yue Li • Elizabeth Like Lokon • Suzanne R. Kunkel
Using art in an intergenerational program to improve ¾Ã¾ÃÈÈs attitudes toward people with dementia
This study explored the effects of participating in an intergenerational service learning program called Opening Mind through Arts (OMA) on college ¾Ã¾ÃÈÈs’ attitudes toward people with deme...
Elizabeth Like Lokon • Yue Li • Jyotsana Parajuli
Activities in dementia care: A comparative assessment of activity types
This exploratory study compares the impact of five activity types on the well-being of institutionalized people with dementia: the intergenerational art program Opening Minds through Art, art and m...
Yue Li • Philip E. Sauer • Elizabeth Like Lokon
The 'other' in ourselves: Exploring the educational power of the humanities and arts
Foreword of The "Other" in Ourselves: Exploring the Educational Power of the Humanities and Arts.
Kate de Medeiros
This brief describes the pilot implementation and evaluation of OMA For One (OMA41).
Joan Fopma-Loy
During February 2010 and April 2011, video data on people with dementia were collected during a person-centered and intergenerational arts activity program called Opening Minds through Art (OMA) at...
Elizabeth Like Lokon • Jennifer M. Kinney
Using Art to Overcome Cognitive Barriers
OMA operates programs at eight other locations in southwestern Ohio, including long-term-care communities and adult-day centers serving about 125 elders and 200 volunteers a year in small-group ses...
Elizabeth Like Lokon
The cultural arts have gained attention for their potential to generate social and behavioral changes in people with dementia.
Kate de Medeiros
Opening Minds Through Art (OMA) at Colonial: Berkeley Square and Westover
This report covers activity from the start of implementation to the end of the first OMA term in May 2010.
Elizabeth Like Lokon