Visual artists Carol Rubenstein and
Tom Hart, and creative writers/actors Gabriel Noble and Keturah Kendrick
worked with students to create visual and written art, which offered a safe
outlet for the children to express and share feelings about personal,
political and social issues.com, 212.

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Don Ciaramella /Dina Blau, on behalf of Young Audiences New York
don@lippingroup.

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The students recently completed the first phase of the program, during
which they identified an issue affecting their communities and worked with
YANY's in-residence professional artists.

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Students in Queens, Bronx learn life skills through art and technology with
New York -area organizations Nokia and Young Audiences New York

NEW YORK, More than 180 New York City
middle-school students are participating in Make a Connection Thru Art, an
innovative educational program that uses professional artists and writers to
create a safe forum for children to express their thoughts and ideas through
written, oral and artistic expression.

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BOSTON----Diane F." Their report went on to say, "Almost every caregiver
thought the system was beneficial - or would be if they could have
used it more.

A young carer is under 18 years of age.

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"When funded by the U."
Caregiver stress a serious problem. Caregivers average
three times as many physical and emotional stress symptoms as found in
the general population and research has shown that persons
experiencing strain in the caregiver role had a 63 percent higher
mortality rate than those without this added responsibility. The
project team was successful in training research participants to use
the WIN system, which they found easy to use.

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"We believe that all children have the ability and deserve the opportunity
to express themselves, their views, and their beliefs to help them identify
who they are as they mature and encounter different life experiences," said
Rick Simonson, chief financial officer, Nokia. The program,
which began five years ago, currently runs in 20 countries across five
continents and provides youth with essential life skills that will empower
them to become competent, confident, responsible, and caring adults.7080

Amy Gerald, Big Thought, A Learning Partnership
agerald@bigthought.

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Make a Connection Thru Art is part of the global Make a Connection program
-- an initiative of Nokia and the International Youth Foundation. The program
improves young people's educational opportunities, teaches them life skills
and helps them make a positive contribution to their societies.,
director of Enhancing Caregiving through Technology at the Research
and Training Institute of Hebrew SeniorLife, recently completed a
three-year study in which she and a team of Institute researchers
partnered with local businesses to test a program called Worker
Interactive Networking (WIN).
Selected workers were also connected to their homes via a wireless
Internet-based application.

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During the process, students also built
confidence in themselves and trust in their own ideas; listened to each other
and proposed ideas that would best serve a community; identified problems and
sought solutions; and learned to think creatively. More information
on Make a Connection can be found at http://www. Using the
application , employees accessed activity reports on their computers at
work.

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Make a
Connection Thru Art is coordinated nationally by Nokia (NYSE: NOK) and Big
Thought, A Learning Partnership, and locally implemented by Young Audiences
New York (YANY). These ambassadors are entrusted to work
together to create digital stories that capture the students' entire Make a
Connection Thru Art experience .
The New York launch marks the third city to implement Make a Connection
Thru Art in the United States.org .

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The first U.krenzer@ketchum.986.9802

The WIN project is the longest pilot study of home monitoring
technology to date, collecting real time data over a one-year
period from a variety of homes across multiple states.

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completed digital stories , please visit http://www.com, 646. Caregivers also had
access to Alzheimer's Association staff for questions about
Alzheimer's disease.

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"I learned that
there is more than one way to express myself and that all ideas are important
because everybody feels differently," said one of the 7th grade participants
from Thomas C.
Students from both schools will send peer-selected "ambassadors " to
participate in a two-day digital storytelling workshop at Nokia's offices in
White Plains on April 1-2, 2005.makeaconnection.D.

It is one of the first projects to test application of
wireless home monitoring technology in real world situations
involving actual working caregivers. Computational sensors were strategically
placed in the participant's homes to monitor the impaired family
members' activities that were of concern to the worker.

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Mahoney, Ph. Those caring for
family members who must also work outside the home are burdened with
worry about the well-being of the person at home.

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New York Students Connect to the World Through Art

Through the residency program, students learned the importance of
expressing their feelings and working together as a team. The
resulting digital stories will be available on the Internet, connecting these
New York City students' experiences with those of young people around the
world.com/dina@lippingroup . They could tell, for example whether the family member had
gotten out of bed, eaten or taken medications .

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Giordano Middle School 45 (MS 45X) in the Bronx equips
students with essential life skills like problem-solving, teamwork and
organization, while building self confidence and community awareness .

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org/us .com, 469. The WIN program was designed to help
employees manage the tasks of caring for impaired elder family members
alone at home by using workplace computers to oversee their wellbeing
and link to on-line sources of caregiving support.

Young carers face serious caring responsibilities.

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Wagner Jr.
The WIN system was made up of two main components - a discussion
group and home monitoring . The home monitoring component is especially helpful in
providing a true, constant, non-invasive connection between the
caregiver and care recipient, even though the caregiver is busy
working .

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Hebrew SeniorLife Study Shows Promise for Technology's Role in Easing Caregiver Stress

Contrary to public perception,
the majority of frail older adults needing assistance with their
activities of daily living are not institutionalized, but are cared
for at home by primarily female family members .

In addition to the daily tasks they complete for their parents such as housework, cooking and bathing , they live with the added pressure of school and, often, a lack of understanding from schoolmates.

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programs are now up and running in 20 countries: Argentina, Brazil, Canada,
China, the Czech Republic , Finland, Germany, Hungary, the Republic of Korea,
Mexico, The Netherlands, Peru, the Philippines , Poland, Russia, South Africa,
Thailand, Turkey, the United Kingdom and the United States.916. Mahoney . "We joined an
elite group of technology-based programs that seek to improve the
public welfare through emerging technologies."

About Hebrew SeniorLife

For more than 100 years, Hebrew SeniorLife has been a leader in
the care and housing of seniors.

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Secondary School for Arts and Technology in
Queens and Thomas C. Of note are Thomas C. "Make a Connection Thru Art is
designed to nurture this process by helping students build their
self-confidence and increase their awareness of the world around them.

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The program, which debuted in New York
City at Robert F. Giordano Middle School 45 (MS 45X).

About Make a Connection
Make a Connection, launched in April 2000, is a global initiative of the
International Youth Foundation and Nokia to promote positive youth development
by giving young people an opportunity to make a connection to their
communities, to their families and peers, and to themselves.

Media Contacts:
Colleen Krenzer, Ketchum, on behalf of Nokia
colleen.
The results of this preliminary research are promising. With a
grant portfolio of over $40 million, the Research and Training
Institute is the nation's largest gerontological research institute in
an applied setting.

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Dept of Commerce, Technology
Opportunities Program, the WIN project was acknowledged as a
cutting-edge innovative program," says Dr.
According to the summative evaluation, conducted by external
evaluators at Brandeis University's National Center on Woman and
Aging, WIN participants showed a trend in reduced caregiver anxiety, a
reduction in the number of hours caregivers feel "on duty" to provide
care, more energy for work, more confidence in their role as
caregivers, and improvement in feeling prepared to handle caregiver
duties - all in spite of declining health status among care
recipients.

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-based Make a Connection program
was launched in Irving, Texas, in Spring 2004 and then in San Diego.

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Giordano Middle School
45's special education students who demonstrate that creativity knows no
boundaries, especially in teaching, learning and sharing life skills.

The WIN project represents the first technology intervention
in the country designed to help caregivers, who must also work
outside the home, manage their dual responsibilities. During the study, eligible workers were
linked via the Internet to a support group in which they could gain
e-mail advice from fellow participants or link to Hebrew SeniorLife
experts who answered questions about frailty. The Research and Training Institute
is an important part of Hebrew SeniorLife's continuum of care that
includes long-term care; short-term, sub-acute rehabilitative care;
adult day health; outpatient clinics; independent supportive housing;
a continuing care retirement community, as well as, a variety of
programs and services for seniors living in the community.

They help look after a parent, brother, sister or another relative or friend who due to their disability, frailty, illness or vulnerability cannot care for themselves without help.

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