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You’re Invited to Attend the Opening Reception of “Embracing the Unexpected”

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You’re invited to celebrate the joys and benefits of art and art making in later life at the opening reception of “Embracing the Unexpected”!
Do you believe older adults are beyond creative self-expression? In fact, our elders are often unbound from the rules that can limit creativity earlier in life. The showcase features the artists of Syracuse Jewish Family Service’s arts-in-aging and arts-in-dementia programs including OMA — Opening Minds Through Art and the M-Power U Arts & Minds Community. Enjoy the many exceptional pieces they have created over the past year in various media: painting, mixed media, collage, poetry, and more! This past year our artists explored several unconventional art techniques and engaged in projects that incorporated an element of surprise.
Join SJFS and some of the artists represented in the exhibit at an opening reception at Menorah Park on Tuesday February 11 from 3:30-5:00pm. The reception is free and open to the general public.
Curated by Syracuse Jewish Family Service, artwork from Embracing the Unexpected will be in the Jewish Home Gallery corridor and Bistro at Menorah Park of CNY from February 4 – March 31, 2025. This showcase is made possible through the CNY Arts Grants for Regional Arts and Cultural Engagement regrant program and administered by the New York State Council on the Arts, as well as the Alzheimer’s Foundation of America, Leonard and Irwin Kamp Family Foundation and many individual donors and corporate sponsors.
Join in a collective “YES” to the full potential of the full-span of human life. Enjoy the art and participate in creating an aging-friendly community that celebrates the human potential for creativity and unlocks arts and minds at all ages!
Please contact Hannah Pietra, Arts & Minds coordinator, at pietrah@sjfs.org or call (315)446-9111 ext 130 for any questions.

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SJFS’s Art Exhibit at The Nottingham Featured in Eagle News

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This past month, SJFS’s traveling show “Arts & Minds: A Showcase for Creative Aging” was featured at The Nottingham. This exhibit features artwork made by older adults in SJFS’s arts-in-aging and arts-in-dementia programs. Read more about the exhibit and SJFS’s Arts & Minds programs in this Eagle News article!

The Nottingham showcases artwork of aging adults

 

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SJFS’s Art Exhibit at Syracuse Airport Featured in the Post Standard

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SJFS’s M-Power U program was recently featured in the Post Standard! Check out this article about the new art exhibit up at Syracuse Hancock International Airport. The exhibit features artwork from elder artists in the MPU Brain Power and Arts & Minds communities. If you are traveling over the next year – look out for the artwork in Terminal B!

Celebrate travel: New exhibit by people with early memory loss opens at Syracuse Airport

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OMA-thon 2024!

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Elders from Menorah Park of CNY and the community united with younger volunteers on Sunday November 17 at OMA-thon 2024. It was an incredible afternoon of celebrating the joys and benefits of art and art making in later life. Thank you to everyone who participated and our sponsors: Leonard and Irwin Kamp Foundation, CNY Arts, Excellus BlueCross BlueShield, and Edgewood Gallery. Stay tuned for upcoming OMA-thon dates!

We are always looking to build our Arts & Minds Volunteer Corps. If you are interested in becoming a volunteer please reach out to Hannah Pietra, Arts & Minds Coordinator, at pietrah@sjfs.org or call 315-446-9111 ext 130

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SJFS’s MPU Arts & Minds Program and Traveling Showcase Featured in NCC News Article

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SJFS’s Arts & Minds programs were featured in a recent NCC News article. Read about SJFS’s M-Power U Arts & Minds class and the traveling showcase “Arts & Minds: A Showcase for Creative Aging” in this NCC News article: https://nccnewsonline.com/arts-minds-keeps-locals-learning-and-growing-at-all-ages/

Check out the showcase for yourself at Art in the Atrium! The showcase will be there through Sunday October 27th before moving on to Pebble Hill Presbyterian Church in November.

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We Go Where People Need Us

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We deliver our services and conduct our programs where our clients live, where they work, worship, and congregate, and on our campus at Menorah Park. We can help older adults continue to live in their community, and can help guide the discussion and decision making on the practical realities for a move – if and when questions of quality of life and safety make a move worth considering.

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AgeWise Solutions Care Management Fosters Independence Along the Aging Journey

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Imagine … you have your own personal expert in aging to guide you – and be with you and your family – along your journey!

Whether you live independently or in a supportive environments, our AgeWise Solutions Care Managers can help you enjoy life. We provide information, expertise, coordination, nitty-gritty help, and lots of TLC. Our professionals can help you with:

  • Bills and paperwork, organizing financial affairs, meeting with financial professionals, and assigning a Power of Attorney
  • Transportation to medical appointments, family occasions, social events
  • Accessing health care professionals, advanced care planning, coordinating medical care,
  • Finding social activities, reduce isolation, improve your quality of life
  • Coordinating home aides and companions
  • Securing good nutrition, delivered meals, grocery shopping, running basic errands
  • Identifying contractors for home maintenance and to improve home safety and security 
  • Immediate housing needs, developing plans for future housing options
  • Managing family dynamics and decision making
  • Managing crises and follow-up care

This type of help is increasingly important. With longer life spans, individuals and families are encountering unprecedented struggles navigating the aging and social services maze. Difficulty understanding the process and finding, accessing, monitoring – and even trusting the quality of services – can prove overwhelming. Having a professional guide along the way can make all the difference.

AgeWise Solution’s unique approach addresses the total well-being of clients and their families: emotional, physical, social, spiritual, financial, intellectual, environmental. Our full range of services are personalized according to client need and preference and adjusted as new needs emerge. Our interdisciplinary team, led by a geriatric care manager, facilitates an integrated plan of assessments, service coordination, referrals, advocacy and direct care.

Solutions care management is especially beneficial for people with complex problems, chronic medical illnesses or memory disorders such as Alzheimer’s disease; those who require close oversight and coordination of care; and those without family close by.

Fees are on a sliding scale.

Free offer for your first consultation!

The first 50-minute consultation about someone 60 years and older is free. Our Solutions Care Managers will listen to your needs and develop an action plan – all as part of our efforts to help individuals and their families maneuver the aging process with dignity and quality.

  1. Email us at info@sjfs.org or call us at (315) 446-9111 ext. 234 for more information.

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