Alzheimer's Disease Programs at Museums: Art appreciation, therapy

I've been researching accessibility options at museums, galleries and the like for persons with disabilities. I'm interested both in disabled artists and how institutions such as museums are coming up with tours and educational services for patrons with disabilities.

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I came upon some interesting museum programs, in particular one at The Museum of Modern Art in New York, the MoMA.

Their program is called Meet Me at the MoMa and it's a monthly event for persons with Alzheimer's disease and their caregivers to visit when the museum is usually closed to the public.

The program now has its own web site.

From their web site:

"MoMA is one of the first museums in the country to offer programs to make its collection and special exhibitions accessible to people with Alzheimers disease and their caregivers.

"These offerings give those living with the degenerative disease an expressive outlet and forum for dialogue. Specially trained Museum educators engage participants in the early and middle stages of the disease in lively discussions by focusing in depth on iconic art from MoMA's collection and special exhibitions."

[image from the MoMA's Meet Me at The Met site]

The people working in the MoMA Alzheimer's Program are set to visit assisted living facilities where they'll be able to educate others on the use of art therapy in the care of those with dementia.

ARTZ Museum Network is designed for Alzheimer's patients, their family and care partners. They have a schedule of tours and information on their web site.

Most of the museums and galleries that I found say that they work with persons whose dementia and/or Alzheimer's disease is in the early to middle stages.

All of them appear to include the caretakers and/or close family members in the mix. Some charge a fee for the sessions. Each one is different. Some even help with transportation.

The Denver Art Museum conducts Art & About tours "for visitors with early-stage Alzheimer’s or dementia and their care partners. Experience and discuss art together on a tour led by a specially trained guide."

The Memphis Brooks Museum of Art has its Piece of Mind Alzheimer's Tour Program. Many of the museums offering such services do so in conjunction with local hospitals, clinics and/or research organizations. The Cape Cod Museum of Art partners with Alzheimer's Services of Cape Cod and the Islands and has an art-related program for people with Alzheimer's and their caregivers.

The Orlando Museum of Art in Florida has Art's the Spark, a regular meeting that includes viewing and making art. The Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art in Arizona offers Arts Engagement, a program for those with Alzheimer's and their care partners.

You'll find Spark Programs at The Milwaukee Public Museum. "SPARK! is a program for caregivers and loved ones suffering from beginning to mid-stage Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia. We are pleased to be one of ten Wisconsin museums awarded funding by the Helen Bader Foundation to create such programming."

The Museum of Art & Archaeology at the University of Missouri has its own Healing Arts Program. The creation of art is a main focus of the program as it is a form of art therapy for the participants.

From their web site:

"Studies have established that art can provide people with Alzheimer's disease a way to express their thoughts and emotions. AD can affect a person’s ability to communicate due to cognitive, behavioral and emotional changes. Art therapy provides AD patients and their caregivers with a tool that can provide the ability to communicate in ways other than verbally."

The Toledo Museum of Art and the Alzheimer’s Association, Northwest Ohio Chapter continue a monthly series of Museum tours especially for those dealing with mild memory loss and their families and friends.

You may be interested in Alzheimer's Disease in Movies, books and songs, a page I created to help families find support and comfort.

Also check out the DVD video, I Remember Better When I Paint.
Narrated by Olivia de Havilland, is a documentary about the positive impact of art and other creative therapies on people with Alzheimer's and how these approaches can change the way we look at the disease.

I'd love to hear of other institutions where they're using the arts to assist the person with Alzheimer's and his or her family and caretakers.

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Matched Pearl, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Tuesday Flashback Feature

This is part of my Tuesday Flashback Feature series. We reminisce about classic TV shows usually from the 1950s-1970s where gemstones or pieces of jewelry featured prominently in the storylines.

The Matched Pearl

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

April 24, 1962

Laurent Dubois is a jeweler who sells a magnificent black pearl left with him by Captain McCabe. He cheats McCabe out of some of the money owed to him. 

Hubert Wilkens (Ernest Truex) buys the pearl at a high price, creating a huge profit for DuBois.

Mrs. Wilkens (Sharon Farrell) apparently wants a nice pair of earrings. Wilkens (Ernest Truex), returns to DuBois demandng to buy another pearl, a match of the first one. 

Figuring that he can charge an even higher price for the second pearl, the jeweler agrees. Dubois returns to the pearl's original owner, Captain McCabe, to

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see if a match can be found.

McCabe realizes that he was cheated and won't let it happen again. He refuses the first price the jeweler offers. Then he is promised much more money for this second pearl.

Dubois eventually gets the pearl. It's quite a good match. Later the jeweler discovers that he's been conned. The unscrupulous methods he'd used originally were found out and McCabe and Wilkens had teamed up to get the better of him. DuBois had purchased the same pearl twice.

Each Tuesday, we feature a different show, often a US sitcom. Information, including spoiler plot outlines come from various sources.

Particularly when the episode hasn't been viewed personally recently, information is as accurate as possible. When available, a show photo will be included.

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Several seasons of the show are available on DVD including Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Season Four.

"Master of suspense Alfred Hitchcock presents several short stories. The stories are invariably surprising, often containing elements of horror, comedy, suspense and the supernatural." With such a quality and iconic program, guides such as The Alfred Hitchcock Presents Companion are available.

Hitchcock's films are classics. Here's just one collection of his works.The Alfred Hitchcock Collection: The Best of Hitchcock, Vol. 1 (Psycho / Rear Window / Shadow of a Doubt / The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956) / Rope / Topaz / Family Plot / Alfred Hitchcock Presents Vol. 2)

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Don't sweat it: Hot new sweaters let you be cool like Mr. Rogers

I hope it's a beautiful day in your neighborhood. When my niece was small, two of her favorites on tv were Jessica and Rogers. Jessica Fletcher, Murder She Wrote and Mr. Rogers. That kind of sums up my family. This niece was one of the flower girls at my wedding over 20 years ago. She's now a teacher and a Mommy herself.

February 19th is the anniversary of the premiere of Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood. The show premiered on PBS February 19, 1968.

Fred McFeely Rogers began his shows by changing into a sweater. My sister, Mom of the aforementioned niece, is a talented knitter

Mister Rogers' Neighborhood: Adventures in Friendship, Everyone needs a sweater.

Knitting is hot right now, but I don't think it ever really went cold.

In my circle of family and friends, the click-clack of the needles has been loud, proud and ever-present. Knit on, my Sisters and Brothers. Do you participate in KIPW, Knitting in Public Week? :) That's every week to a lot of us.

January 20th is Bill Cosby Sweater Day, thanks to the impressive sweaters that he wore on The Cosby Show. March 20th is actually Mr. Rogers Sweater Day!

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Was there ever a sweater as cool as the crime-fighting cardigan worn in the 70s by Paul Glaser as Detective David Starsky in Starsky and Hutch?

The phenomenon of yarn-bombing or guerrilla knitting is getting more and more press.

Beauties of the 1940s such as Lana Turner, Ava Gardner, Rita Hayworth and Betty Grable were often photographed in sweaters.

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We also saw photos of stars including Bette Davis and Marilyn Monroe off-screen knitting. Rosalind Russell in The Women was knitting during the film. Even Cary Grant was knitting in the movie, Mr. Lucky.

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Women with their own style, those with an appreciation of the vintage can be seen wearing cool sweater sets today. Are you a fan of The Closer and Kyra Sedgwick as the character Brenda Leigh Johnson, Los Angeles Deputy Police Chief? Now the its sequel, Major Crimes can be seen on TNT.  Mary McDonnell plays Captain Sharon Raydor, a woman with a style all her own.

Remember Madonna's famous cone bra? There's even a pet costume modeled after it.  Gaultier also designed the costumes for Kylie Minogue's international KYLIEX2008 tour. Recently, Madonna lent two iconic cone bra corsets from her 1990 tour to the popular and often sold-out touring exhibit, The Fashion World of Jean Paul Gaultier: From the Sidewalk to the Catwalk.

The exhibit spanned 35 years of the designer's career. Included were other pieces with the bullet bra feature, such as a strapless gown in shirred velvet with cone bra cups. This was from the Barbès collection. The Women’s prêt-à-porter fall/winter 1984–1985.

Madonna Cone Bra : Pop Queen Pet Costume. If you're wearing a pop star costume, having your pet in a complementary costume will put your look over the top!

Nice to find a quality cardigan, like that from a company like Port Authority. You can choose the color(s) you wear most often. When something has great customer reviews it's even better.

So don't be cold this winter. Warm can be fashionable. Warm can be trendy. Warm can be you. Warm can be cool. 

Don't count anybody or any body type out when looking for the ideal sweater. Especially when you're making something custom, you can personalize it for your preferences and to your body.

Writer, actress and Comedienne, Dawn French has long been an advocate for acceptance of women and people of all body types. She endorses a series of pattern books, Great Big Knits: Dawn French Knitting for the Full Figure. Get them for your friend who's a fan of British comedy. Get them for the friend who thinks there isn't a sweater to make her look ... uh ... hot.

Just a shrug will fit well in an overnight bag or carry-on suitcase. You can have it over your arm when you go out. I'm always chilly. Again I like something that comes in lots of colors and has good customer ratings behind it.

And so the whole family stays cozy, there's a Fou Fou Knit dog traditional fisherman's sweater for doggies

Want to dress like King Friday the 13th for Halloween or a Masquerade Party?? Here are some ideas for planning your King Friday costume.

Mr. Rogers knew that. :-)

Each December, there's a Christmas Jumper Day to raise money for Save the Children in the UK. To call attention to the cause, they've been known to put Christmas jumpers on statues of famous Brits such as the statue of actor, Cary Grant in Bristol. Very cozy.

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Fashion Eyeglasses: I see what you're saying

One thing I really liked about the personal style of Leanne Marshall, the winner of season five of the show Project Runway, was her glasses.

It wasn't just that she wore a cool pair of glasses, but that she wore glasses at all! The photo I found first, on Bravo and Amazon, shows her without the glasses.

We're inundated with makeover shows, make-under shows and almost inevitably if the subject is wearing glasses they'll come out the other end in contact lenses or having had some sort of corrective eye surgery.

The glasses have go to go. It's usually an unsaid 'fact of life.' To be deemed as hip, younger-looking, trendy, acceptable I guess, toss the specs? They're finally letting some grey hair pass through. And bald can be beautiful. Hail baby boomers for that.

If something as innocuous as wearing glasses is not tolerated, imagine that for some reason you stand out even more. What if you are overweight? You have a disability? Something they can't just toss away to make you appear to be more a part of normal society?

I found an article online called You think those glasses are ‘ironic’? How short-sighted. Some folks are wearing glasses now just for fashion. They use clear glass lenses.

Big sunglasses are back in style. When I was in high school, big glasses were a fad, partly thanks to Elton John. For a while you might see some huge, novelty glasses on the street. When I go to get new frames, I'm happy to see (way out of my price range) some designers are creating eyeglass frames.

It's interesting to watch awards shows. You see some celebrities nervously whip out a pair of glasses to read a cue card and then quickly hide them away again.

KarolinFelix on Etsy had a cute brooch called Pink Glasses.

How many celebrities can you think of who wear glasses? John Lennon was the first one who came to mind for me. TV characters?

There was a famous episode of The Brady Bunch devoted to Jan Brady's struggles getting used to wearing glasses.

But the recycling and upcycling movement has brought a new style into eyeglasses. People are now wearing one of a kind glasses, having them made from frames found in antique shops for instance. The frames have to be in good enough shape for use and I've heard that warranties on upcycled glasses may be different if you BYOF, bring your own frames?

Do you wear glasses? Do you have a choice? Have you been able to choose some frames that are fashionable, cool, stylish?

What's you opinion of the wearing of glasses by people who don't need them?

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Samantha Stephens Pave Heart Necklace, Tuesday Flashback Feature, Bewitched

This is part of my weekly Tuesday Flashback Feature. We reminisce about classic TV shows usually from the 1950s-70s where gemstones or pieces of jewelry featured prominently in the storylines. 

Once in a while, I feature something about a real-life piece of jewelry which became a trademark for a tv character.

It's the sparkly pavé diamond heart necklace that Samantha Stephens wore on Bewitched. The series ran from 1964-1972.

The necklace was given to Elizabeth Montgomery by her husband, Bill Asher, who was the director of Bewitched. The symbolism of such a necklace is plain to see, and it is perfect, too for the character of Samantha.

Samantha went against her family and against tradition as a witch by marrying mortal Darrin Stephens. She married for love. It's said that wardrobe was chosen for her with the necklace in mind. Outfits were chosen that would show off the necklace, necklines that would feature the necklace rather than obstruct it.

The original necklace was lost during season three. As two replacements were being created, a few episodes in that season were shot where Samantha isn't wearing the necklace. The replacements are said to have been like the original but on slightly longer chains. The ones used at work, worn on the show were rhinestone.

Agnes Moorehead, who played Samantha's mother, Endora, owned and wore a similar but smaller version of the necklace. It can be seen in a handful of episodes throughout the series and reportedly may also be seen in other projects that Moorehead did before her work on Bewitched.

By the seventh season of the show, Samantha was no longer wearing the necklace. The character's look had changed throughout the series, but fans and critics believe that the necklace mots likely was no longer being worn because Montgomery's and Asher's marriage was not doing well.

Samantha Stephens sometimes wore a shorter necklace with an "S" charm on it, but she didn't take to wearing any piece of jewelry on a regular basis when she ceased wearing the pave heart.

As would probably be expected, Serena, Samantha's dark-haired 'identical cousin,' didn't wear the necklace.

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That series is iconic as is Montgomery's character, and the necklace is a part of the whole mix.

The Madame Alexander Collection Samantha doll (1997) features a glittering heart necklace. A later Samantha doll was created from the film character who does not, I don't think, come with a necklace.

A Barbie Bewitched Collector Doll: Samantha though, does have a heart necklace.

Some of the promotional photos for the 2005 film of Bewitched show Nicole Kidman wearing a version of the necklace, too.

On October 22, 1965, The Flintstones aired the episode, Samantha. It was the first live action-cartoon crossover in TV history, Samantha and Darrin from Bewitched move into the house next door to the Fred and Wilma. 

Hanna-Barbera had originally animated the Bewitched opening title sequence for Screen Gems/Columbia.

I read that for this episode the original model sheets from the Bewitched introduction were used to create the Samantha and Darrin Stone-Age characters. The Flintstones Samantha Stephens appears with an animated version of the heart necklace, as well.

You might remember television and Broadway star, Arlene Francis, perhaps best know for her appearances on the show, What's My Line? was also known for a heart necklace. Hers was just the outline of a heart. Her necklace, too was such a sensation that women in the 1950s and 60s wanted one and replicas were sold at department stores.

This episode is in The Flintstones - The Complete Sixth Season.

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Here's a piece of Buffy the Vampire Slayer trivia that I found online: On the episode Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered, Xander Harris gives a silver heart necklace to Cordelia at the Valentine's Day dance. Unfortunately, Cordelia dumps him right after accepting the necklace. 

Xander blackmails a witch named Amy to cast a love spell on Cordelia. Amy needs a personal object from Cordelia. Xander retrieves the necklace and uses it as a talisman to create the spell.

I've seen auctions online that claim to have one of the original rhinestone heart necklaces from the show for sale.

Each Tuesday, we feature a different show, often a US sitcom. Information, including spoiler plot outlines come from various sources.

Particularly when the episode hasn't been viewed personally recently, information is as accurate as possible. When available, a show photo will be included.

I'm always interested to hear your memories and will often include links so you can get DVDs of the shows. In the interest of supporting fellow artists, I'll be featuring a few shops where the items tie into the general theme of the featured story.

The TV series Bewitched is available. For instance, Bewitched: The Complete Seasons 1-5 is one sub-set, but there are other options larger and smaller. The show ran for eight seasons. To this day, people are looking for a Bewitched heart necklace to purchase.

Which Silver Pave Heart would be your style? What do you wish to spend? Is it for yourself or a gift?

Nicole Kidman and Will Ferrell starred in the 2005 film, Bewitched (Special Edition).

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The cute Bewitched Hat pattern for all ages at MakeTotToppers is sold out. (above) A similar adorable crochet witch's hat pattern: Thick and thin witch hat is available for your Kindle eReader. Most Kindle documents can be read in a variety of ways, including on your desktop.

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Some TV characters have trademark pieces of jewelry and some celebrities have pieces of jewelry that you associate with them, but I'm not sure how many of them wear a distinct piece of jewelry on and off-screen.

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Language Absolutely: Um, getting a word in edgewise y'know?

I'm a hopeless wordie and am trying to find a term.

In a conversation, it seems as though some people don't even stop to take a breath. They fill in pauses with words or phrases such as "Um," or "Y'know?"

This morning I saw a show where two people were being interviewed. We'll acknowledge that being on tv can make you nervous. This is just an example. If you're a regular reader of my blog, you probably already know all too well what my 'pet' words are.

One of the guests on the show started a lot of responses with, "Absolutely." Then the other interviewee started to use the word, too. This, the contagiousness of the word Absolutely, I think may be called mirroring?

It was an Absolutely-Fest. The Absolutelies (Is that how you'd make it plural?) were flying left and right. Absobloominlutely.

So with our rich English language, with terms like onomatopoeia (words that sound like the objects they name or the sounds those objects make), I'm wondering if there is a term for those Ums, Aaaaahs and Y'knows. Fillers? Breakers? Pips? White noise? If there is no term, it could be fun, um, to coin one.

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Proprioception and 'The Man Who Lost His Body'

Proprioception is something I deal with every day. After a spine injury with nerve damage, the battle to figure out where your limbs are and not to compensate in ways that might be more detrimental to your brain can be daunting. Proprioception is defined as "sensing the motion and position of the body." Someone sent me this 1998 BBC documentary that's been posted on YouTube. It's titled The Man Who Lost His Body.

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The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society

A friend recently highly recommended the book,  The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows. It's now available in paperback. Unfortunately, I'm getting fewer and fewer notes with raves about books.

Lately because I'm an artist/crafter and do more multi-tasking than is probably wise, I find myself listening to dramas and books rather than reading them.

I was happy to find that the book is also available on audio CD.

About the book...

The letters comprising this small charming novel begin in 1946, when single, 30-something author Juliet Ashton (nom de plume Izzy Bickerstaff) writes to her publisher to say she is tired of covering the sunny side of war and its aftermath. 

When Guernsey farmer Dawsey Adams finds Juliet's name in a used book and invites articulate—and not-so-articulate—neighbors to write Juliet with their stories, the book's epistolary circle widens, putting Juliet back in the path of war stories.

The occasionally contrived letters jump from incident to incident—including the formation of the Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society while Guernsey was under German occupation—and person to person in a manner that feels disjointed. 

But Juliet's quips are so clever, the Guernsey inhabitants so enchanting and the small acts of heroism so vivid and moving that one forgives the authors (Shaffer died earlier this year) for not being able to settle on a single person or plot. Juliet finds in the letters not just inspiration for her next work, but also for her life—as will readers.
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Diamonds, Everybody Loves Raymond, Tuesday Flashback Feature

A sort of Valentine's Day themed Tuesday Flashback Feature today about an engagement ring. In this series, we reminisce about classic TV shows usually from the 1950s-1970s where gemstones or jewelry is featured prominently in the storylines.

Everybody Loves Raymond

Diamonds 

                                           Feb. 7, 1997

Ten years ago, Ray (Ray Romano) bought his wife, Debra (Patricia Heaton) an engagement ring from a family friend. He got what seemed like a good deal at the time. Now he finds out that this guy has been arrested and the diamonds he'd been selling were counterfeit.

Ray plans to get the ring away from Debra, change the fake stone with a real diamond and she'll never know the difference. He attempts to get the ring off while she's sleeping, but it won't budge. 

He finds it on the sink when she's in the shower, grabs it and rushes off to switch the stones. She thinks she's lost the ring and he plays along with it. When he gets the ring back, he finds it in the couch and she's elated.

Noticing that the ring looks different, she's suspicious and irritated. He tells her what happened and she confesses that she'd had the original stone replaced with grandmother's more valuable heirloom diamond earlier! The couple ends up hunting for what was thought to be the fake diamond in a dumpster!

Baseball record-breaker Barry Bonds of the San Francisco Giants makes a guest appearance in this episode. The appearance was made before he broke the home-run record.

Each Tuesday, we'll feature a different show, often a US sitcom. Information, including spoiler plot outlines come from various sources.

Particularly when the episode hasn't been viewed personally recently, information is as accurate as possible. When available, a show photo will be included.

I'm always interested to hear your memories and will often include links so you can get DVDs of the shows. In the interest of supporting fellow artists, I'll be featuring a few shops where the items tie into the general theme of the featured story.

This episode is in Everybody Loves Raymond: The Complete First Season of the show, available on DVD. They also have Everybody Loves Raymond: The Complete Series in a boxed set now.

Everybody Loves Raymond is originally ran from 1996 to 2005. A Chris Rock show had a title that parodied this show's title. Rock said, "Everybody Loves Raymond but Everybody Hates Chris!"

There's always a nice and fun assortment of items on Etsy that somehow play into the episode's theme.

1960 Topps Baseball Vintage Cards including Johnny Romano (Earl Battey, Jim Perry, Dick Hall and Raul Sanchez, too) are at AtticEmporium. (see above)

There are Ice Age 3 movie bottle cap images in Chunkeemonkee's Shop. Ray Romano did voice work in that movie.

We know that everybody loves Raymond, but did you know that Peas, Peas, Everybody Loves 'em?? Just visit Studiomusings and find what's described as "A vegetarian wind chime that screams, I eat peas, and I am proud of it!"

TraceyAnns has a pretty Daher Cover Tin: Heaton's Swiss Cream Caramels. (see above)

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Looking for Liz Lemon Office Decor? Stellabystar has a Giant Vintage Wooden Fork and Spoon. The description has a quote from Everybody Loves Raymond: Marie to Debra, "Debra, don't let a suitcase full of stinky cheese become your big fork and spoon."

Debra took the ring off of her finger while she was in the shower. I wonder if in the future, she'd like some vegan Skeleton Finger Oatmeal soap? It's available at SELFinflictedDIY's Shop.

I don't know if this kitty was arrested for selling fake diamonds, but he's in trouble, as the description says. Heidishaulis will hook you up with Naughty Charlie. (see above)

 

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