An art program at Sanford Health Sylvan Court, a LeadingAge Minnesota member, was recently featured in McKnights Long-Term Care News.

The art program is supported by a local Canby artist, Sarah Bednarek.

According to the story, “the class has been running for nine years, consistently drawing around a dozen regular attendees from the nursing home’s roughly 45 residents.”

Jason Anderson, the community’s administrator, added, “I think it’s such an opportunity for other nursing home facilities to showcase what they can do in a nursing home,” he said. “When they [people outside nursing homes] see things like this, it changes their mindset to know that we can still age in our community — in a different setting, but age successfully and gracefully.”

Thanks to Jason and his team for lifting up positive stories about aging. Read more about Sanford Health Sylvan Court’s art program in McKnights Long-Term Care News.