July 15 - 28, 2016

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A RESOURCE GUIDE FOR OLDER ADULTS

West End Word | Page 11

Prime Times
Senior Expo
On July 21
see page 12

MATURITY & ITS MUSE

Lynn Friedman Hamilton enlists arts & education institutions in providing programs for seniors
by Linda Jarrett
Some people are born with an
altruistic spirit running through their
veins. Lynn Friedman Hamilton is one
such person.
She has combined her background
in art and elderly support services
with the St. Louis Housing Authority
and formed Maturity and Its Muse, an
organization which promotes positive,
productive aging.
After owning an art gallery and
chocolate shop in Brentwood in the
late 1980s, Hamilton got the urge to
get more involved in volunteer work.
During the time I had the gallery,
I met lots of St. Louis artists, she
said. They were getting older and I
admired them so much because they
have a great attitude and would never
consider retiring.
I wanted to celebrate them and
present a show of their work, not only
as a thank you for them, but as a way
to inspire other people, she said.
Maybe those older seniors who had
always drawn would think, Maybe Ill
start again.
Hamilton enlisted the Sheldon
Art Gallery to host a show which she
curated and called Maturity and Its
Muse.
I made a list of artists and decided
that age 70 would be the cut-off age,
she said. I talked to them and asked if
they would like to show their work, but
they would have to create something
new for this show.
Hamilton wanted to capture what
these mature artists held in their

creative minds as they got older.

I was looking for people who had
changed their careers because of new
methods out there they hadnt known
about, or who had disabilities but
wanted to continue making art so they
looked for another art form to express
themselves. I wanted to use them as
role models to encourage others,she
said.
Hamilton continued to find more
artists and curated shows at the
Regional Arts Commission and Craft
Alliance. Then she changed her focus
to other programs.
I knew of a program in New York
City called Meet Me at the Museum
of Modern Art. The program was for
people with early to mid-Alzheimers
disease, she said. They would come
with their care partners to learn about
art.
With this in mind, she contacted
the Kemper Museum at Washington
University asking if the museum
would partner with Maturity and Its
Muse on similar programs. KARE,
Kemper Art Reaches Everyone, an
arts engagement program designed for
people with early-onset to moderate
Alzheimers, was born.
Maturity and Its Muse collaborates
with organizations including the
Missouri Botanical Garden, Missouri
History Museum, the St. Louis County
Library, Saint Louis Art Museum,
Washington
University
Dance
Department and the Alzheimers
Association.
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Prime Times Senior Expo

Seventh annual event
will be Thursday, July 21 at
Holiday Inn SW-Route 66

A representative from
St. Louis County
Library talks to
attendees at the 2015
Senior Expo.

Prime Times Senior Expo returns for the seventh

year on Thursday, July 21, from 9 a.m. to noon. The
Resource Fair For Older Adults features speakers
and exhibits designed with senior adults in mind.
The expo is at Holiday Inn SW-Route 66, 10709 Watson Road in Sunset Hills. Admission is free.
More than 60 exhibitors will provide information
on a range of services, from adult housing opportunities to health care tips and financial advice.
Free services will include blood pressure checks,
hearing screenings, bone density heel screenings
and balance testing. Attendees will also have the opportunity to enter in raffles and receive giveaways.
Garden Place Senior Living, Siteman Cancer Center,
SSM Health St. Clare Hospital and St. Anthonys
Medical Center will feature presentations of interest
to seniors.
The Senior Expo is sponsored by the South County
Times, Webster-Kirkwood Times and West End
Word.

file photo by
Diana Linsley

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9:15 a.m. Senior Nutrition by Ruth M.
Shull, RD, LD, SNS. Shull has been a registered dietitian for 26 years. She is director of cafeterias for
the Waterloo School District, teaches nutrition for
Southwestern Illinois College and
food sanitation courses for the Illinois Department of Public Health.
10:15 a.m. Senior Nutrition by Ruth M. Shull, RD, LD,
SNS.
11:15 a.m. Benefits of Music Therapy In Memory Loss by
Midwest Music Therapy Services.
Shull

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9:15 a.m. Cancer Survivorship by Debra Spoljaric, survivorship manager at Siteman Cancer
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10:15 a.m. Diet and Cancer
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11:15 a.m. Skin Cancer
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9:15
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including acute hospital, home

care and out-patient therapy.
10:15 a.m. Lets Talk
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neuro-interventional therapies. He
also has extensive experience with
inpatient stroke management and
in opening and running stroke/TIA
clinics.
11:15 a.m. Laser Assisted
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Health St. Clare Hospital.

cont. p. 14

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Prime Times Senior Expo from page 12

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I come up with an idea people might

enjoy and I call on the organization
like the Garden and pitch it to them,
Hamilton said. Its worked so well
that I have other organizations who
have approached me about developing
something for them.
The
Silver
Screen
Program,
sponsored with the city of Creve Coeur,
features a free movie every Monday in
September at the Creve Coeur AMC
Theater.
The films are about aging in a
positive way, she said. We have
someone
from
the
community
come and talk about the film, and
participants run the gamut from
Alzheimers to physical disabilities to

people like you and me looking for an

afternoon out with their friends and
nice conversation afterwards.
The
program
Silver
Stages,
performed eight months a year
through the Missouri History Museum,
brings in seniors who sing and dance.
Retirement communities have also
taken advantage of Hamiltons
programs.
Kristina Wille, director of resident
services at Laclede Groves in Webster
Groves, said many residents have
taken advantage of programs on flower
arranging at the Botanical Garden and
the Kemper Art Reaches Everyone.
We take mostly skilled nursing
patients and they really enjoy it. One

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gentleman used to be a florist. One

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flower-arranging program, and he was
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he had, dementia or Alzheimers, you
could tell that when you go back into
something youre familiar with, things
just start to click.
Hamilton said she has never done
anything that has made her feel
happier.
I love St. Louis and to be able to
showcase it and help people is a labor
of love, she said.
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