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Jewel Of A Time!
JSL arts programs bring dexterity,
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Lynne Meredith Golodner
Contributing Writer
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in mind, staving off debilitating dis-
eases. Plus, it's a no-brainer that any
time we join with friends and focus
on creating something beautiful, it
enriches our lives and strengthens our
sense of community.
Cranston has seen the women resi-
dents throughout JSL respond warmly
to jewelry-making. They fall into easy
conversation while they're making beau-
ena Steirn plucked pink beads
from a plastic bin on the coun-
tertop — pink for her daughter
to wear at a breast cancer survivor walk.
She rolled her walker to a table and laid
out the beads, asking a friend if she
should add some shiny gray ones to the
mix. At age 84, it was her first time
making a necklace.
The day after she moved into
the Lillian & Samuel Hechtman
Apartments in West Bloomfield,
Steirn took part in a weekly jewel-
ry class held there that was started
this fall by Farmington Hills-based
volunteer Carol Cranston, who
leads the class as part of her field
work requirement to become a
registered art therapist.
"We will keep these classes
going as long as we can keep
her:' says Carol Green Dmitruk,
Hechtman administrator.
"We have always been dedicated
to offering arts-related programs
in our apartments and throughout
Jewish Senior Life says Dmitruk. Rena Steirn picks beads with Jayne Jacobs
at a Jewish Senior Life jewelry class.
"We had been looking for just the
right person to relate to our resi-
dents and understand what they
could do and what they wanted to do.
Carol fits the bill perfectly"
Jewelry-making classes are not new
to Jewish Senior Life (JSL). They've been
held at Fleischman Residence/Blumberg
Plaza on Wednesdays for years, led by
volunteer and donor Barbra Frankel, as
part of many hands-on programs offered
to residents. Many Hechtman Apartment
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residents attend these classes as well.
Ida Stein made some earrings in the
Cranston offers painting and draw-
jewelry-making class.
ing classes at other JSL residences:
Meer, Teitel, Prentis and Coville
tiful creations, she notes. And the sense
Assisted Living apartments.
of pride that comes with wearing some-
"I was so excited; I think I was the
thing you made yourself is immense.
first person here said Ida Stein, a
"Someone will ask where you got
Hechtman resident who made stylish
earrings to match a necklace she made the cute earrings or necklace you're
the week prior. Longer necklaces are
wearing and you get to answer, 'I
en vogue, Stein said, because older
made them; Cranston said. "Older
adults can flip them over their heads
adults often feel like they're isolated.
without difficulty managing a clasp.
An activity like this gives purpose and
Confidence, creativity, cognitive and helps older adults to feel like they are
physical dexterity converge in beading, creating and socializing:'
making it an ideal pastime for older
For information on JSL, call (248) 661-
adults, said Cranston.
Recent research points to brain-and- 1836. Lynne Meredith Golodner is a writer,
body-challenging activities as ways for publicist and owner of Your People LLC in
Southfield.
older adults to stay sharp in focus and
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