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Benefits of Intergenerational Connections

WEBChildren can participate in the work of adults, and provide enjoyment and love. Adults, in turn, provide food, shelter, clothing, and nurturance to children. And so a strong, healthy, …

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Visiting Nursing Home Residents

WEBThey can often suggest the residents who would most welcome a visit (some older adults are in higher care units than others). The best times to visit are generally mid-morning …

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Getting Older in Community

WEBCommunity should celebrate and accommodate all ages. By the year 2030, 1 in every 5 Americans will be over 65. We tend to have a pretty dismal image of older age in our …

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Fill-in-the-Blanks Life Story

WEBThe Life Story sheets are also useful in a care setting for older adults who may have Alzheimer's, other forms of dementia, or other functional impairments. The sheets can …

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Why Grandparents are VIPs

WEBGrandparents have an opportunity to leave a powerful legacy, to make a difference, to send a message into the future through their grandchildren. The relationship can fulfill our …

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History of Mother's Day

WEBThe story of modern Mother's Day begins in the peace movement and as a day recognizing women's social action. In the United States, Julia Ward Howe (1819-1910), a Boston …

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Grandparents Today

WEBThere are an estimated 65 million grandparents in the US. By 2020, the number of grandparents is projected to reach 80 million, at which time they will be nearly 1 in 3 …

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Emotional Alphabet

WEBAN EMOTIONAL ALPHABET. Identifying emotions is. the first step. to controlling them. A big part of conflict is emotion. The intense emotion often associated with conflict is what …

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Addressing Ageism

WEBThis is the Age of Aging. It's the first time in history in which human beings can reasonably expect to live even close to what we presently think of as the entire lifespan, and there …

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History of Grandparents Day

WEBA Little Something about love and legacies across generations and get reading tips. Share the inspirational bestseller Dream: A Tale of Wonder, Wisdom & Wishes told by a wise …

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Advisors & Partners

WEBEducation and Lifelong Learning – Carol Campbell. Professor of Education, University of Glasgow. Professor, OISE, University of Toronto. Health – Gary Bloch. Family …

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Grandparents Day Activity Kit

WEBA book full of helpful hints and techniques to help parents and grandparents capture and keep children's attention. Chapters focus on storytelling for the youngest listeners, …

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Valentine's Activity Kit

WEBBenson, Peter L. All Kids Are Our Kids: What Communities Must Do to Raise Caring and Responsible Children and Adolescents.Jossey-Bass, 1997. From the President of the …

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Legacy Project Activity Kit

WEBBarnes, Emilie. 15 Minute Family Traditions & Memories.Harvest House, 1995. Hundreds of practical, simple ideas for strengthening family ties through holidays, fun projects, …

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WWW.7GENERATIONGTB

WEBEcopsychosocial Wellbeing (top right) = We’re working toward ecological (and by extension economic) integrity, personal wholeness, and social coherence – in the context of …

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7-Generation GTB

WEBThis is the difficult yet vital systems complexity work of our time. The blunt fact is that we're in a polycrisis – converging climate, environmental, economic, political, technological, …

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Celebrate Nursing Home Week

WEBThe Something to Remember Me By Legacy Project is proud to partner with the American Health Care Association (AHCA) to celebrate National Nursing Home Week, May 11-17, …

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