FSU's Claude Pepper Center brings Opening Minds Through Art (OMA) to Tallahassee

Florida State University's Claude Pepper Center launched Opening Minds through Art (OMA-FSU) in Tallahassee, FL, in September 2023.

OMA is an award-winning, failure-free, intergenerational art-making program for people living with dementia. The program was originally developed by gerontologists at Scripps Gerontology Center (Miami University). OMA promotes autonomy and dignity, through opportunities for creative self-expression and social engagement for people living with Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia.

OMA-FSU works with two different assisted living facilities in Tallahassee to bring weekly art sessions to people living with dementia.

Since FSU-OMA launched in Fall 2023, the center has provided immersive training and learning for nearly 50 students in the College of Social Sciences and Public Policy, FSU Law students participating in the Claude Pepper Elder Law Clinic, FSU College of Medicine, and the College of Arts and Sciences (Psychology).

For more information, visit https://claudepeppercenter.fsu.edu/op....

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