{"id":56895,"date":"2015-07-23T00:09:31","date_gmt":"2015-07-23T07:09:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/?p=56895"},"modified":"2015-07-23T00:09:31","modified_gmt":"2015-07-23T07:09:31","slug":"present-perfect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/56895","title":{"rendered":"Present Perfect"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\tI love it when my girls spend time with the elderly nuns who live in a nearby convent. I&#8217;ve found myself loving the interaction and wished it happened more often.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_56930\" style=\"width: 370px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-56930\" class=\"wp-image-56930 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/sweet-hands-e1435187077171.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"360\" height=\"202\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-56930\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">sweet hands via PresentPerfectFilm.com<\/p><\/div>\n<p>So when I learned of an assisted living facility in Seattle that also houses a preschool within its walls, I had no doubt that it was an excellent idea. The 400+ residents of Providence Mount St. Vincent assisted-living center interact on a daily basis with the children, age birth through 5, who attend The Intergenerational Learning Center. The broad purpose of the ILC is to help children learn about the elderly, specifically naturalizing the aging process, accepting people with disabilities, reducing their fear of older adults, and just relishing the plain old joy of receiving unconditional love and attention.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_56932\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-56932\" class=\"wp-image-56932 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/jeanette-reading.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-56932\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">reading a book via PresentPerfectFilm.com<\/p><\/div>\n<p>It\u2019s a total win-win situation, and I\u2019m not the only one who thinks so. Check out what filmmaker Evan Briggs has put together at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.presentperfectfilm.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PresentPerfectFilm.com<\/a>. Briggs hopes that her beautiful film will spark more discussion about how to expand the model further. The film\u2019s title, \u201cPresent Perfect,\u201d refers to the fact that while these two groups of people have no future or past in common, their relationships emerge and exist entirely in the present and are absolutely beautiful.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_56933\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-56933\" class=\"wp-image-56933 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/puzzle.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-56933\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">doing a puzzle via PresentPerfectFilm.com<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I love it when my girls spend time with the elderly nuns who live in a nearby convent. I&#8217;ve found myself loving the interaction and wished it happened more often. 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