Wichita Art is Ageless® artist featured …
Wichita Art is Ageless® artist featured on the news
One of our residents became a television star a few weeks ago, featured on KWCH 12 News. Barbara Dravis is one of our Art is Ageless® artists. At 9 ...
Salina’s Pillow Pals sew love for …
Salina’s Pillow Pals sew love for friends and neighbors
When Jerri Phillips’ mother moved into Salina Presbyterian Manor, she was met with a comforting welcome present. “She was gifted a fleece ...
For Rolla’s new resident Carol Jessop, …
For Rolla’s new resident Carol Jessop, art is a family affair
Carol Jessop has loved to draw and color since childhood. She got serious many years later, in the 1990s after she and her husband moved to Rolla. ...
Newton’s Gene Eshleman’s non-traditional …
Newton’s Gene Eshleman’s non-traditional ministry
Gene Eshleman was taught how to use tools by his father, Howard, who was a wood pattern maker. In fact, Gene even remembers watching his dad at work a ...
Joey Giblin, Newton Presbyterian Manor
The creative process increases self-esteem, reduces depression, improves memory, promotes critical thinking, encourages playfulness, provides a sense of control, nurtures spirituality, and builds friendships between residents and people outside their generation.
In 2006, a study by George Washington University on behalf of the National Endowment for the Arts, found that the arts have a positive effect on health and illness as we age. Current studies in art therapy, music therapy and other creative pursuits confirm that art can affect individuals in positive ways, whether they are creating art or enjoying the works of another.
Encouraging older adults to take up the arts and express themselves is a natural fit for PMMA’s philosophy of empowering older adults to live the way they want to live.
Through the Art is Ageless program, residents and friends of Presbyterian Manors of Mid-America are proving that art, in any form, is an ageless ambition.