Reply (Jenna Fisher/Patch) BROOKLINE, MA — For the past five years The Goddard House assisted living home has been helping older adults living with dementia express creativity through a program called Opening Minds Through Art. The award-winning intergenerational program pairs younger people with those diagnosed with memory loss and focuses on creativity. It's built connections and had therapeutic benefits for people living with memory loss. Now, through a grant from the Alzheimer's Foundation of America, Goddard House plans to expand its program to help older adults living with dementia in under served communities nearby in Boston. Subscribe "Our goal, through providing access to the OMA program, is to help build bridges across age and cognitive barriers through the creation of artwork and new relationships," said Goddard House President Candace Cramer.