Staff connection through creativity

Creative Spark energizes and inspires staff working with older adults through interactive training on joy, well-being, and connection.

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Join our e-learning community

We’re building an online learning community for senior living to enrich the lives of staff and residents. Follow along with us and help us build it!

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Attend a Spark Gathering

Join us for our monthly virtual gathering designed to energize and inspire new approaches to meaningful programming with older adults.

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Donate

Donate to Creative Spark and help fund our programs that aim to bring joy & creativity.

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Book a Workshop

Creating Joy at Work

A creative, research-based workshop that helps teams rediscover energy, perspective, and purpose.

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Explore Academy

Over six weeks, you’ll explore the foundation of creative aging as a field and learn to develop intentional, engaging programs with older adults — all within a supportive community of peers.

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Our Approach

Creativity inspires
and enlivens

Hands pouring colorful glitter from one hand to another.
Stylized yellow swoosh on white background

  • By engaging our trainees through the creative process, we nurture their personal spark so it can ignite joy at work.

  • You do not have to produce fine art to benefit from creative expression. The process itself fosters Growth, Well-Being, Connection, and a Culture Shift toward celebrating older adults and their service providers.

  • We equip teams with practical, creative tools to enhance their interactions with older adults, fostering meaningful moments that enrich the quality of life for staff and those they serve.

Person painting a crescent moon on a blue wall with star outlines.
Pink hand-drawn starfish illustration on a white background.
A group of people sitting around a table engaged in crafts, with snacks and art supplies.

Our Impact

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100

would recommend to others

91

learned something new

87

feel more connected

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Testimonials

✦ Testimonials

  • Two women smiling and working on a craft project at a table, wearing blue gloves. Another person is in the background focusing on their work. The setting appears to be a workshop or classroom.

    “Creative Spark inspired me to work more with my team; to continue to shift my thinking and belief systems about what it means to grow older; to discover what lights me up so I can use it to help others find what lights them up.”

  • People painting with watercolors on a wooden table, surrounded by art supplies like brushes, colored pencils, water bottles, and napkins.

    “This is the most fun and energetic seminar have ever attended. Playfulness, creativity and joy is what we all thrive from and thank you for bringing that to so many of us so that we can pass it on!”

  • Four women smiling and holding up colorful abstract art pieces made of paper cutouts at a table in a room.

    “Creative Spark is CPR for the soul. You feed us, so we can feed the residents. You’ve inspired me to bring residents together across levels of care in new creative ways.”