Benefits, Fees and References

Benefits to Seniors

The “DREAM SCENES” programme goes way beyond simple entertainment value.

  • Participants collaborate in the process, producing a feeling of ownership.
  • Memories are stimulated in residents who may be living with dementia.
  • Social isolation is reduced when residents share wishes and dreams through the photographs (when shared via the digital screen, collage or calendar).
  • Participants have a unique photo of themselves doing something different in a new and interesting place, or a place beloved to them from their past.
  • Participants have the opportunity to learn about a new (to them) technology.  Green screen has just the right amount of tech, unlike Photoshop, which is overwhelming.
  • Owning a calendar means the memories can be referred to and enjoyed repeatedly, all year round.
  • Their special, individual photo can be shared with family and loved ones!

Fees for DREAM SCENES Programmes

  • My fee is $100 per hour plus travel expenses, print costs and shipping.
  • I charge $25 per hour for travel by TTC (don’t own a car.).
  • 4×6” prints are $2 each, 5×7” or 6×8” are $4 each.  (The arrangement for Long Term Care Homes is usually that each participant receives two prints, one to keep and one to share. The home is given a third print gratis in order to make a display.
  • Calendars are $25 each, with good discounts for bulk quantity. 
  • Collages vary in price, from $40 to $160 depending on the size.


DIGITAL OPTION! There is a new option to purchase all the work digitally!  For $125, I will email you all photos from a single day’s session and you can send them to friends, print them to your heart’s content or post them on a digital screen for all to enjoy.  Please make sure to credit me!

FEES for DREAM SCENES in Summer Day Camps:  See the poster in PROGRAMMES.

FEES for DREAM SCENES at Birthday Parties or other events:  See the poster in PROGRAMMES.

References

Artemis Papadakis
Teacher, Palmerston P.S., Toronto
416-300-1520  Artemis.Papadakis@tdsb.on.ca

Katie Kwaczek
Former Director (Seniors’ Programme)
Oasis/Dufferin Community Centre, Toronto
416-828-7736   kkwaczek@yahoo.ca

Meggen Janes
Happy Parent
416-538-6583  meggenj@yahoo.ca

Jim Gibbs
Senior “Dream Scenes” Participant
416-712-5925  jg455869@gmail.com