We're excited to announce the launch of our updated website! Thank you to Dennis Cheatham, Associate Professor of Communication Design at Miami University, for designing the site. This website features familiar OMA videos, art galleries, and training in an updated format.

ScrippsAVID, an Arts-based, Virtual, Intergenerational, Dementia-friendly video-chat platform, connects students with older adults, including those living with dementia and their care partners, to share art, music, poetry, and stories. Participants come together to have fun, be creative, and build intergenerational friendships. Development funding for ScrippsAVID was provided by National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) and the NextFifty Initiative. Sign up now to be part of the next cohort this fall!

Our website features new organizational membership opportunities. The benefits of membership include:

1. Distinguishing your organization from others with recognition as an OMA certified organization on our website and yours.
2. Maintain OMA standards by going through annual reviews.

There are two levels of membership: Basic and Premium. Organizational memberships are only available to organizations with certified facilitators.

OMA Founder and Director, Dr. Elizabeth "Like" Lokon, is over halfway through her Fulbright journey in Jakarta, Indonesia. Most recently, the team has completed a five-week OMA programming at an adult day center for people living with dementia at Rukun Cipete. They served 11 older adults living with dementia paired with Atma Jaya psychology interns and medical students who recently graduated with their MD degrees.