At the <a href="index.php?page=&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwashington.providence.org%2Fsenior-care%2Fmount-st-vincent%2Fservices%2Fchild-care%2Fabout-child-care%2F" target="_blank" target="_blank">Intergenerational Learning Center</a> in Seattle, preschool children interact with retirement home residents on a daily basis. They sing, dance, make art, read stories together and just visit.
At the Intergenerational Learning Center in Seattle, preschool children interact with retirement home residents on a daily basis. They sing, dance, make art, read stories together and just visit.
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Evan Briggs spent the 2012-13 school year filming at the nursing home for her documentary, <a href="index.php?page=&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.presentperfectfilm.com%2F" target="_blank" target="_blank">"Present Perfect."</a>
Evan Briggs spent the 2012-13 school year filming at the nursing home for her documentary, "Present Perfect."
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Intergenerational programs benefit both children and older adults. Briggs hopes the idea catches on and they become more commonplace.
Intergenerational programs benefit both children and older adults. Briggs hopes the idea catches on and they become more commonplace.
Evan Briggs/Present Perfect
As the title suggests, the film captures the beauty of living in the present, which toddlers and the elderly both do much better than the rest of us. "As middle-aged adults, we are so focused on the future, and that consumes so much of our time," Briggs said.
As the title suggests, the film captures the beauty of living in the present, which toddlers and the elderly both do much better than the rest of us. "As middle-aged adults, we are so focused on the future, and that consumes so much of our time," Briggs said.
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Briggs hopes to finish the film this fall.
Briggs hopes to finish the film this fall.
Evan Briggs/Present Perfect