http://www.ageandcommunity.org/news.html CAC Director was quoted in the NYT's Week in Review article by Kate Zernike on 7.11.2010 http://www.ageandcommunity.org/news/basting-quoted-in.html Tue, 13 Jul 2010 15:53:11 GMT In just 5 years, CAC has given away $350,000 in scholarships to support students pursuing studies in aging. Download the application today. for more information on the Certificate program, contact certificate coordinator Goldie Kadushin at kadushin@uwm.edu http://www.ageandcommunity.org/news/scholarship-application-for-now.html Mon, 21 Dec 2009 21:48:06 GMT Panelists include Anne Basting, Gina Green-Harris, Piero Antuono, and Tom Hlavacek http://www.ageandcommunity.org/news/4th-street-forum-on.html Mon, 16 Nov 2009 12:09:55 GMT http://www.ageandcommunity.org/news/timeslips-featured-on-ahrq-innovations.html Mon, 12 Oct 2009 17:56:51 GMT With funding from the NEA, SAH endeavored to assess the state of the arts in healthcare. The report is now available on line http://www.ageandcommunity.org/news/2009-report-on-state-of-the.html Thu, 03 Sep 2009 21:22:40 GMT As part of a project supported by the NEA, CAC and Woodland Patter collaborate to bring 2 Master writers to MKE to offer workshops. This fall, Maureen Owens will work with seniors to write memoirs. http://www.ageandcommunity.org/news/memoir-writing.html Sat, 01 Aug 2009 13:31:32 GMT Imagining America is a national consortium of universities and colleges committed to public scholarship in the arts, humanities, and design. The Center on Age and Community and the Cultures and Communities Program at UWM will be the lead organizations on campus for our IA membership. Read all about the exciting work IA is doing across the country to support faculty, staff, and students doing engaged research and service learning. http://www.ageandcommunity.org/news/cac-and-uwm-join-imagining.html Mon, 01 Jun 2009 19:44:56 GMT The Cebar/Greenberger concert at the Pabst on May 13th got lots of great press, including this piece on NPR's Weekend Edition. http://www.ageandcommunity.org/news/npr-story-on-greenbergercebar.html Mon, 18 May 2009 20:45:37 GMT Published by Johns Hopkins, Basting's book goes beyond the dominant story of dementia as a tragedy with scientific research as hero to find multiple and nuanced stories of hope, meaning, and connection through the arts. http://www.ageandcommunity.org/news/bastings-forget-memory-available-for.html Tue, 12 May 2009 22:12:10 GMT On a panel with Connie Goldman and Dr. Peter Whitehouse, and moderated by H. Rick Moody, Basting presented the 12 steps toward moving through the fear of memory loss. The steps come from the conclusion to her forthcoming book, Forget Memory: Creating better lives for people with dementia (Johns Hopkins UP) http://www.ageandcommunity.org/news/basting-presents-at.html Thu, 19 Mar 2009 19:22:02 GMT [Read more](http://cac.obiki.org/focus/creativity.html) about the Residency in Applied Arts program. Laura Jacqmin will be the last in this program, as we have completed our funding cycle. http://www.ageandcommunity.org/news/2009-artist-in.html Tue, 03 Mar 2009 18:36:32 GMT Thanks to the generous support of the Helen Bader Foundation, CAC awards scholarships annually to graduate students in the Certificate in Applied Gerontology Program. Applications for scholarships are now available and are due Friday, April 3rd. http://www.ageandcommunity.org/news/2009-2010-scholarship-applications-now.html Sun, 25 Jan 2009 21:20:53 GMT Partnerships in Aging and Family Caregiving: Getting Innovation into Practice, September 2008 The Center on Age & Community invited Dr. Rhonda Montgomery to host the 2008 Think Tank. Dr. Montgomery posed the questions: "What are the phases of applied research in the area of family caregiving? And how can we find and foster strong partnerships through those phases?" This 24-page white paper revisits the day's activities and discussions, and offers compelling insights on building academic-community partnerships. http://www.ageandcommunity.org/news/september-2008-think-tank-white-paper.html Fri, 16 Jan 2009 21:10:53 GMT This spring at UWM, there's a new class that looks at models of arts programs/projects from across the country that seek to transform their communities. We'll study the projects through grant proposals and reports, and with several of the artists themselves. Don't miss it! http://www.ageandcommunity.org/news/basting-to-teach-performing.html Mon, 15 Dec 2008 14:14:43 GMT CAC has awarded Certificate Student and Scholarship winner Josh Lang $1,800 to study a program seeking to improve the quality of life for elders in the "Amani Neighborhood," near 25th St. and Locust St. In October, the team met with residents of the Amani Neighborhood, their Alderman, a representative from the police department, the Director of the Milwaukee County Department on Aging and local stakeholders. Lang will contribute to the project by spearheading a systematic and scientific investigation of whether the established deficiencies in the neighborhood were addressed, using a pre-test/post-test design. The project will run from July 2008 through December 2009. Lang's work builds on previous neighborhood improvement projects, such as those in the Layton Blvd., Sherman Park, and the Prospect/Farwell areas. Teaming up with Rob Frediani of TherapyPlus, Sue Kelley of Connecting Caring Communities (CCC), and Carrie Henning-Smith of the UW-Madison Population Health Institute, they will ask neighborhood residents to participate in focus groups to reveal what they perceive as areas of need in their neighborhood. This will be followed by attempts to address those needs with existing resources. "My hope is to assess whether the intervention produces positive outcomes on older adults' sense of community, sense of safety and how well the residents' specific community concerns were addressed," Lang said. "As a doctoral student in Urban Studies with an emphasis on aging in the community, this project provided me the opportunity to work with a community organization that is actively promoting aging in community." http://www.ageandcommunity.org/news/cac-supports-josh-lang-in-a-1.html Wed, 22 Oct 2008 04:22:44 GMT CAC Director Anne Davis Basting has been chosen for Lutheran Home/Luther Daily Services Altenheim Award. The Altenheim Award is given annually to one outstanding individual who shows a commitment to Milwaukee Aging Community. Anne has been chosen because of her extensive commitments and contributions to our community. For the past decade, Basting has worked on innovative programs that help people with dementia in a personal way. Through person-centered programs she has developed, such as the popular TimeSlips, and by enhancing national programs, such as StoryCorps, to help those with dementia, Anne has made a significant impact on the lives of many older people. Founded in 1906, The Altenheim (Home for the Aged) served the needs of retiring pastors and teachers of the predominately Germanic Lutheran community in Milwaukee. Today, that rich heritage of compassionate service to older adults lives on at Lutheran Home. Because their mission extends outside their own walls, Lutheran Home developed the Altenheim Award in 1998. The purpose of the Altenheim Award is to recognize an individual who epitomizes compassionate service to the older adults in unique and special ways. "Anne's many accomplishments educating and serving the needs of older adults make her a perfect choice for this award," says Bob Peters, CEO Lutheran Living Services. "Anne leads and inspires the CAC's mission of improving and enhancing the lives of adults as they age. Lutheran Home is very proud to name Anne as our 2008 Altenheim winner." The Altenheim Award will be presented to Anne at the Monarch Ball, at the Pfister Hotel on Oct. 18. Congratulations Anne! http://www.ageandcommunity.org/news/anne-basting-receives-altenheim.html Tue, 21 Oct 2008 05:09:52 GMT Beginning November 2008, the TimeSlips national office teams up the Milwaukee Boys and Girls Club students of St. John Antida on a pilot project to facilitate storytelling with fellow students, healthy older adults, and older adults with memory loss. In March 2009, the St. Joan Antida students will present the stories they gathered at Milwaukee’s historic Central Library. The March celebration aims to raise awareness of the power of story to express who we are and to strengthen family and community bonds. TimeSlips stories capture the hopes, dreams, regrets, fears, humor, and desires of the storytellers. The method is particularly powerful for people with memory loss by nurturing creative communication and helping them connect with staff, family, and friends. The hope for this project is to help students better understand memory loss, engage in a meaningful service-learning project while also educating the community about memory loss, and how TimeSlips—and storytelling—offers a bridge between generations and abilities. Additionally, TimeSlips aims to offer an ongoing storytelling meeting in the libraries as a way to support families caring for loved ones with memory loss at home. TimeSlips was developed in 1998 by Anne Basting (PhD); groups across the world now use TimeSlips to generate stories, produce plays and art exhibits, and to rekindle hope for human connection among people struggling with dementia. To learn more about the program, become a trained facilitator or see the stories for yourself, visit www.timeslips.org. http://www.ageandcommunity.org/news/new-storytelling-project-teams-the-young.html Fri, 17 Oct 2008 17:37:51 GMT On Saturday, September 27, 2008, more than 100 people from southeastern Wisconsin, ages 14 to 98, came together for a summit on race and race relations in our area, in hopes of generating solutions to some of our most vexing challenges involving race. Organized by Denise Wooten of the Nonprofit Center of Milwaukee, the event was designed to explore the causes and effects of racism, and generate possible ways to decrease the conditions that promote it. "The event was especially unique in that ideas and solutions were solicited from five living generations in our society, with members of the African-American, Asian, Caucasian, Hispanic, and Native-American communities represented in each age-group," CAC Associate Director Tom Fritsch said. "Through intergenerational cross-talk, a unique forum was created, where people could hear and build on ideas from the different age cohorts. The contributions from seniors - especially the very old - was captivating!" Racial differences and ethnic diversity are a part of the fabric of American life. These differences enhance our greater culture, adding richness to life through the unique social, political, artistic, philosophical, and historical perspectives that different ethnic groups bring. The dialogue tried to identify reasons for why many minority groups don't have equal access to some of our most fundamental resources. Results from the dialogue will be presented in a summary statement, and an action plan will emerge from the dialogue. It is hoped that all of the dialogue participants will continue their work to see that recommendations generated through the dialogue process will be implemented. Organizations collaborating on the initiative included: Agape Community Center, Council for the Spanish Speaking, Indian Council of the Elderly, Milwaukee Intergenerational Intercultural Community Connection, Milwaukee Public Theatre, Shee Yee Community of Milwaukee, St. Ann Center for Intergenerational Care, and United Way of Greater Milwaukee. The Nonprofit Center of Milwaukee was the coordinating agency. The Center on Age & Community was also a proud co-sponsor. http://www.ageandcommunity.org/news/race.html Fri, 17 Oct 2008 03:15:28 GMT With generous support from the Helen Bader Foundation, Tom Fritsch and co-researchers Martha Aslakson (Nursing) and Steve Bernfeld (Counseling Psychology) have begun their study of early memory loss (EML) clubs. Four clubs are participating in the study: two in Wauwatosa (Lutheran Home and Luther Manor); one in Waukeshaw (Lutheran Living Services); and another in Fairfield, CA (The Fairfield Senior Center). Last year, the clubs’ facilitators developed a one-year curriculum to stimulate and exercise the minds of club participants. Social and physical activities were also incorporated into the program. Tom and his team are following participants over the course of one year to see if participation in various components of the program is correlated with changes in their cognition. Said Fritsch, “The underlying idea—based on findings from epidemiological studies—is that we can slow rates of cognitive decline by building up peoples’ cognitive reserve. This reserve could fortify the brain against some of the changes that come with normal aging and diseases, such as Alzheimer’s.� http://www.ageandcommunity.org/news/-early-memory-loss-program-study.html Thu, 16 Oct 2008 22:32:42 GMT When it comes to dementia, today's world mostly relies on science to give us hope for cure or prevention. But as we wait for either or both, hope can be found now, in transforming the way we care for people with dementia. The ArtCare Program gives us that hope. This 60-page book tells the story of a program designed to bring growth and meaning to the lives of the people who attend and work at an adult day center. Started in 1994 at Milwaukee's Luther Manor Adult Day Services, ArtCare has brought joy to center staff, families, and participants by teaching them all the pleasure of self expression and mastery in skills in sculpture, dance, storytelling, fabric art, ceramics and gardening. Through Q&A with Luther Manor, the book describes Person-Centered Care (PCC), the evolution and philosophies of ArtCare and how it can be applied to daily life. There are many books and resources available that give lists of activities for people with dementia. The ArtCare program does not give ideas for keeping busy, but rather for building community and meaning in the lives of people with dementia through creative expression. This book is for people who work in long term care facilities, people with dementia, families of people with dementia, students looking toward careers in gerontology and teaching artists. ArtCare was written by Anne Basting, PhD, and published by the Center on Age and Community. http://www.ageandcommunity.org/news/artcare-manual-now.html Wed, 01 Oct 2008 04:57:07 GMT