How Can Art Help Eliminate Ageism" - Live & Interactive Discussion

Artistic Activism is a dynamic practice combining the creative power of the arts to move us emotionally with the strategic planning of activism necessary to bring about social change. Join us for a discussion with Meg LaPorte and Jordan Evans that will explore this topic in an interactive format. 

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12:06:04     From  Ken Silverstein : Good Afternoon All—Ken Silverstein, AlfredHouse Assisted Living—we are accepting new residents, 240-535-0597, ksilverstein@alfredhouse.com

12:06:27     From  Sybll Romley : Hi Everyone!  Sybll Romley from Briggs Home Care.  We are a Non-Medical home care provider with offices across the US - including 2 in the BWI Area.

12:07:43     From  Adrienne Robinson : Good Afternoon Everyone, Adrienne from Calvert County Department of Social Services Adult Services Unit Adrienne.robinson@maryland.gov

12:07:46     From  Deb Zaskoda   to   All panelists : Hello, my name is Tiffany and I work at an Adult Day Services in Lansdale. We are apart of Jefferson Health. My position here is the activity coordinator

12:08:07     From  Ellen Davis   to   All panelists : Good afternoon everyone! Great topic to discuss.

Ellen Davis

President

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Ellen Davis

Artist

Twisted Tree Design

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12:08:35     From  David Michaels   to   All panelists : Afternoon all - it's David Michaels with Personal Living Alert.  We provide medical alert systems at affordable prices. www.personallivingalert.com or 754-220-9290

12:09:30     From  Ryan Stroup    to   All panelists : Hi everyone - if you have any questions about CaptionCall, I can reached at rstroup@captioncall.com or 878-302-7282

12:09:32     From  Steve Gurney - ProAging Sourcebook : From David Michaels to All Panelists:  12:08 PM

Afternoon all - it's David Michaels with Personal Living Alert.  We provide medical alert systems at affordable prices. www.personallivingalert.com or 754-220-9290

12:09:36     From  Ellen Davis : Good afternoon everyone! Great topic to discuss.

Ellen Davis

President

Life Health Home Insurance Group, LLC

Tel: 301-728-5505

Fax: 301-760-4277

Email: edavis@LifeHealthHome.com  

Web: www.LifeHealthHome.com   

Life Happens and we’re here to help you prepare for it ©

Specializing in Life Insurance, Long-Term Care Insurance, Disability, Annuities, Medicare Supplement, Health Insurance, and more in MD, DC, VA, DE, PA, NJ, FL & IL. Don't wait another day, call 301-728-5505 today!

And 

Ellen Davis

Artist

Twisted Tree Design

Tel: 301-728-5505

Email: Ellen@TwistedTreeDesign.com

Web: www.TwistedTreeDesign.com 

FB: www.facebook.com/TwistedTreeDesign

Instagram: www.instagram.com/twistedtreedesigns

12:09:42     From  Steve Gurney - ProAging Sourcebook : From Ryan Stroup  to All Panelists:  12:09 PM

Hi everyone - if you have any questions about CaptionCall, I can reached at rstroup@captioncall.com or 878-302-7282

12:10:17     From  Steve Gurney - ProAging Sourcebook : From Ellen Davis to All Panelists:  12:08 PM

Good afternoon everyone! Great topic to discuss.

Ellen Davis

President

Life Health Home Insurance Group, LLC

Tel: 301-728-5505

Fax: 301-760-4277

Email: edavis@LifeHealthHome.com  

Web: www.LifeHealthHome.com   

Life Happens and we’re here to help you prepare for it ©

Specializing in Life Insurance, Long-Term Care Insurance, Disability, Annuities, Medicare Supplement, Health Insurance, and more in MD, DC, VA, DE, PA, NJ, FL & IL. Don't wait another day, call 301-728-5505 today!

And 

Ellen Davis

Artist

Twisted Tree Design

Tel: 301-728-5505

Email: Ellen@TwistedTreeDesign.com

Web: www.TwistedTreeDesign.com 

FB: www.facebook.com/TwistedTreeDesign

Instagram: www.instagram.com/twistedtreedesigns

12:10:42     From  Steve Gurney - ProAging Sourcebook : From Deb Zaskoda to All Panelists:  12:07 PM

Hello, my name is Tiffany and I work at an Adult Day Services in Lansdale. We are apart of Jefferson Health. My position here is the activity coordinator

12:13:21     From  Keisha Toussaint Mc Mayo : Keisha Toussaint Mc Mayo 

12:13:28     From  Adriana Carr : Hello! Adriana Carr of Senior Life Enrichment Consultants - ie Life Enrichment Program Advocate and Newsletter Editor for the Virginia Association of Activities Professionals - looking for exciting programs to share with our membership.

12:13:29     From  Ellen Pincus : Good afternoon Ellen Pincus with Cavalier Home Health 5⭐️Skilled Care in Va. 703-477-6252 epincus@cavalierhomehealth.com

12:13:33     From  Steve Gurney - ProAging Sourcebook : actually you can minimize the speaker images to maximize the images share on the screen!

12:13:53     From  Olivia Nicola : Olivia here from Heartland Hospice & Palliative Care. Happy Friday everyone!

12:14:34     From  Lori Marks : Lori Marks from Link Generations. Great to see Meg and Jordan presenting their inspiring work!

12:14:48     From  Veronica Hoover   to   All panelists : Hey everyone, this is Veronica Hoover at Erickson Senior Living in Baltimore, MD.

12:15:24     From  Keisha Toussaint Mc Mayo : Prince George's County Department of Social Services Family Support Worker II Keisha.toussaint@maryland.gov

12:17:22     From  Steve Gurney - ProAging Sourcebook : From Veronica Hoover to All Panelists:  12:14 PM

Hey everyone, this is Veronica Hoover at Erickson Senior Living in Baltimore, MD.

12:17:33     From  Jessica Fredericksen : Good afternoon!

12:17:54     From  Cheryl Calvert : Cheryl from Chesapeake Bay Aquatics and Physical Therapy.  5 outpatient locations in Maryland.  covered by insurance and Medicare.  effective treatment for pain.  cell 443-791-4274

12:18:22     From  Linda Lateana : Hello from Goodwin House from Linda Lateana

12:20:19     From  Jessica Fredericksen : Good afternoon! Jessica Fredericksen, Brain Health Program Manager at Goodwin House Incorporated. We operate 2 Life-plan communities and an innovative home-based program. I run our Brain Health programming, including our StrongerMemory program which helps slow or reduce the effects of Mild Cognitive Impairment and memory challenges

12:21:37     From  Steve Gurney - ProAging Sourcebook : We are excited to feature Goodwin House StrongerMemory program on May 26 stay tuned for details!

12:21:52     From  Ellen Davis : Meg, I agree with you. Thank you for saying this

12:23:08     From  Ellen Davis : Thank you Steve,  you rock. great programming and I'm thrilled to be here. This one definitely speaks to my work and my passion. Thank you for all you do for the community

12:26:31     From  Kitty Janney : Kitty Janney with The Landing opening in Alexandria - near Old Town - early 2022. Offering Independent Living, Assisted Living and Memory Care in a beautiful setting with views of The Potomac. Already receiving Deposits - yay! kjanney@watermarkcommunities.com

12:31:00     From  Ada Horsfall Lifematters   to   All panelists : Ada Horsfall (MD), Director of Care Management at Lifematters. 301-615-0616 ahorsfall@lifemattersusa.com 

We are the quarterback of care for seniors and their families, providing healthcare advocacy, enhanced care coordination and support services in MD, D.C. and VA. 

Lifematters provides Care Management and Social Engagement Concierge services in DC, MD & VA for seniors and adult children. 

Looking to hire a self-motivated care manager.

12:31:08     From  Steve Gurney - ProAging Sourcebook : From Ada Horsfall Lifematters to All Panelists:  12:31 PM

Ada Horsfall (MD), Director of Care Management at Lifematters. 301-615-0616 ahorsfall@lifemattersusa.com 

We are the quarterback of care for seniors and their families, providing healthcare advocacy, enhanced care coordination and support services in MD, D.C. and VA. 

Lifematters provides Care Management and Social Engagement Concierge services in DC, MD & VA for seniors and adult children. 

Looking to hire a self-motivated care manager.

12:33:04     From  Steve Gurney - ProAging Sourcebook : AARP https://videos.aarp.org/detail/video/4834178739001/millennials-show-us-what-‘old’-looks-like---aarp

12:34:26     From  Steve Gurney - ProAging Sourcebook : Check out the AARP Food Truck Video as well! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UYCxAIqjyCA

12:36:30     From  Ellen Davis : Wow! That is powerful

12:48:08     From  Susan Wranik : Great program!  #wordscount  Susan I. Wranik, MS MA CCC-SLP speaker, author, linguist.  THJE WORDS WE USE 630-730pm via Zoom May 11.  susan@speakskill.com for details.

12:50:08     From  Mary Jane Barney-Butler   to   All panelists : Art is life! It is self and group expression of LIFE! Aging is often associated with DEATH instead- We used to use arts a lot in our daily work in SW and services... to celebrate the entirety of our LIVES ! I was pulled into  Aging from an ARTs background 30 years ago-it's the building blocks of my DNA. I've begun to realize lately, as we have become more "governmentalized" how much artistic expression and creativity has been removed from my daily work.and as a 65 year old 

12:50:25     From  Mary Jane Barney-Butler   to   All panelists : Opps! sorry lost my place

12:51:20     From  Mary Jane Barney-Butler   to   All panelists : as a 65 year old how this is impacting me. We need to enjoy people in all phases of life and sontinue to celebrate!

12:52:08     From  Steve Gurney - ProAging Sourcebook : From Mary Jane Barney-Butler to All Panelists:  12:51 PM

Art is life! It is self and group expression of LIFE! Aging is often associated with DEATH instead- We used to use arts a lot in our daily work in SW and services... to celebrate the entirety of our LIVES ! I was pulled into  Aging from an ARTs background 30 years ago-it's the building blocks of my DNA. I've begun to realize lately, as we have become more "governmentalized" how much artistic expression and creativity has been removed from my daily work.and as a 65 year old 

Opps! sorry lost my place

as a 65 year old how this is impacting me. We need to enjoy people in all phases of life and sontinue to celebrate!

12:53:04     From  Mary Jane Barney-Butler   to   All panelists : opps  again screen issues- "continue to celebrate life"

12:57:22     From  Mary Jane Barney-Butler : Thanks so much for this program!  

12:57:38     From  Susan Wranik : FANTASTIC PROGRAM!  We all have hiccups of which we aren't even aware.  We' are all teachers of one another and we are better together.

12:57:44     From  Ellen Davis   to   All panelists : Meg & Jordan - just followed you on inst from TwistedTreeDesign  - thank you

12:57:48     From  Jennifer Brown : Hi, Jennifer Brown - Community Relations Manager - Seabury Care Management - 202-364-0020 - jmbrown@seaburyresources.org -

12:57:54     From  Susan Wranik : THAT is the name of the game.  Being better together.

12:58:22     From  Monica Valdiviez-Wiley   to   All panelists : I am interested.  monicavaldiviez@outlook.com

12:58:29     From  Robyn Hall : Hello, I'm as Service Coordinator for Fairfax County Government Housing and my portfolio is mostly elderly.  This is amazing!  I'm interested in  more information and the awareness to ageism!

12:58:31     From  Maritza Rivera : I'm not a visual artist either but I express myself with the literary arts.

12:58:52     From  Mary Jane Barney-Butler : Thanks for this!!! 

12:59:03     From  Sybll Romley : One of the best webinars I have been to in a long time!

12:59:03     From  Maritza Rivera : Loved the images that were displayed!

12:59:08     From  Adrienne Robinson : Thank you all so much.

12:59:09     From  Ada Horsfall Lifematters   to   All panelists : Thank you for this great presentation!!!

12:59:26     From  Belinda Ragin   to   All panelists : Thank you so much. Great!

12:59:46     From  Keisha Toussaint Mc Mayo : Thank you everyone great information