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Meet poem RENOVATION, a daily word challenge that’s changing things up for eldercare & academia. Here’s how it works.

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Elder using Poem Renovation with the help of an aide
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how poem RENOVATION works

Users are presented daily with a scrambled literature snippet. They choose words that resonate with them, then move them around on the digital canvas to create something new. There are no rules. The sole aim: to create. 

features

Digital and hard copy version

Themed units

Opportunities to connect virtually and in person

Great for individual and group use

benefits

Sparks creativity

Quick & easy to use

Customizable

Fosters community

Boosts confidence

Aids social-emotional health

Builds vocabulary

Bolsters mental acuity

research
research

We’ve done our homework

poem RENOVATION has been beta tested in academic and continuing care settings with great success.

We’re a 2024 Yale Innovation Summit winner. Let us show you why.

Piloted In United Church Homes Communities across Ohio

Student beta-testers
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testimonials

What users are saying

"We have discovered that residents at every level of care can find joy with poem RENOVATION. Even residents living with memory impairment have engaged successfully and creatively with the program, stimulating new pathways and reopening memory connections once thought lost. We love poem RENOVATION and so do our residents."
Rev. Dr. Kenneth Daniel
CEO, United Church Homes
"The level of confidence that I saw grow in my students was amazing.”

Valerie Wadsworth, middle school teacher

“I like how you can turn ordinary words into sentences that paint a picture in your brain.”

middle school student

“I like it. It’s different than anything I’ve ever done before.”

Betty McLain community member, United Church Homes’ Harmar Place Community, Marietta, Ohio

"It empowered my students and it brought them to a place where they wanted to share what they made.”

Dena Marie de la Rocha, middle school teacher

“They talk about this afterwards. It goes farther than that moment. It’s not just something that passes the time.”

Rev. Patricia Vargas, Chaplain, United Church Homes Harmar Place Community, Marietta, Ohio

“I am totally in love with poem RENOVATION. It is becoming a habit that makes my days more centered, more thoughtful, more fun and more connected!”

Anna Hall, founder, The Purpose Equation

“No rules. I like that. This is fun!”

Jennifer Washington, United
Church Homes community
member

poem RENOVATION blog

News & Events

If gratitude were a gala...
If gratitude were a gala...
The first annual poem RENOVATION gala took place Saturday night. I’m pretty sure it was the tiniest gala ever – just John Melillo and me, along with our plus-ones, Lisa...
We've been busy
We've been busy
Read our Fall 2024 newsletter Screenshot
Did they really call our name?
Did they really call our name?
By Kelly de la Rocha, founder of poem RENOVATION Late afternoon on the final day of the Yale Innovation Summit, John Melillo and I were sipping drinks in the courtyard. ...
Celebrate Creativity
Celebrate Creativity
"She’d seem strong- willed somehow. Woman like her imagined the forest paths." Betty, a member of United Church Homes' Harmar Place Community in Marietta, Ohio, wrote those lines during a...
Sounds like home
Sounds like home
My friend, Alison, suggested the tagline "Sounds like home" for poem RENOVATION. It didn't resonate, until I saw poem RENOVATION in action at United Church Homes' continuing care communities.
workshops

Speaking Engagements

Spark creativity and connection with an interactive online or in-person workshop facilitated by poem RENOVATION’s founder, Kelly de la Rocha.

Workshops can be customized for:

Students, grades 5 and up

Continuing Care Community Members

Teachers

Activities Directors

Community Groups

Corporate Team-Building

 

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