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Art at Work
in Senior Care
Resilia brings artistic practice and gerontology together to put art to work in senior care. We create guided activities, original projects, and programs that help families and care teams engage older adults, support cognitive and emotional resilience, and make everyday caregiving and activity planning easier.
Artists by Practice.
Gerontologists by Perspective.
Resilia brings artistic practice and an understanding of aging together to create experiences that engage the whole person—their abilities, interests, relationships, and sense of self.
Our work includes looking at art, making art, experiencing music, sharing stories, and discovering new ways to express ourselves. We design these experiences to invite participation, exercise cognitive functions, and create opportunities for personal and shared meaning.
We also understand the work behind meaningful engagement. Families need practical support. Care teams need resources they can use with confidence. Resilia provides the ideas, structure, and guidance to make creative experiences easier to bring into everyday living.
What if aging didn’t mean decline—
rather a different kind of creative growth?
Resilia began with one question inspired by Ellie’s grandmother, Ruth:
What if aging didn’t mean decline — rather a different kind of creative growth?
Ruth’s life and later years revealed something essential: even as memory changes, the need for expression, purpose, and recognition does not disappear.
That insight became the foundation for Resilia—bringing together lived experience, gerontology, and creative practice to build a new model for aging and engagement.
More Than Activities.
A Purpose of Resilience.
Resilia activities do more than fill time. They help people adapt, connect, communicate, and strengthen cognitive and emotional resilience at any age.
Resilia creates meaningful experiences that bring together gerontology, the creative arts, and person-centered care. Our evidence-informed approach helps families and senior care communities support cognitive and emotional resilience through art activities that invite curiosity, problem-solving, expression, and connection.
Every experience begins with respect for the individual—their interests, abilities, and choices. Through looking, listening, talking, moving, and making, we offer people ways to exercise cognitive functions, express themselves, and contribute. From a shared moment at home to a recurring group program, our guided activities and original projects create opportunities to build confidence, deepen relationships, and find personal and shared meaning.
Meet Ellie
Resilia was founded in 2021 by artist and social gerontologist Ellie Rose Schoessling, whose vision is to unlock the creative potential of organizations and transform how we approach aging and senior care.
Blending science with art, Ellie inspires others to reimagine aging through creativity, showing how the arts can enhance brain health, emotional well-being, and resilience.
With over 17 years of experience in the U.S. and Mexico, she has led and operated adult day centers, memory clinics, home health agencies, and a nurse training school. Ellie’s work continues to redefine gerontology and creative aging—bringing hope, innovation, and vibrancy to care communities big and small.
At home and together in groups
Resilia offers creative experiences for one-on-one engagement, groups of all sizes, and community-wide participation.
Resilia at Home
Create moments of connection through activities that invite conversation, expression, and discovery. Explore creative experiences for family caregivers, home care agencies, and hospice care teams to share with older adults.
Resilia in Groups
Bring fresh purpose to your activity program with creative experiences that give people more ways to participate, contribute, and connect. Discover resources for adult day centers, church groups, senior centers, rec centers assisted living, memory care, and life plan communities.
Practical Ways to
Put Art to Work
Interactive training and education about cognitive and emotional health, tools and strategies for sustainability, a catalog of activities to strengthen resilience, and a structured program curriculum for ongoing offerings and value-driven results.
Original art experiences that invite older adults to explore, express, and create something unique. Clear instructions and thoughtfully designed materials make it easier for families and care teams to offer engaging activities with less planning and preparation.
The RESILIA Commitment
Seven values that turn person-centered care into everyday action.
The RESILIA Commitments are seven values that guide how we recognize, support, and engage every person. Rooted in person-centered care and shaped by our work in gerontology, creative engagement, and Arts & Health, they translate values into everyday actions that strengthen identity, confidence, self-worth, hope, engagement, and agency.
R — Recognize Identity
E — Elevate Social Confidence
S — Strengthen Self-Worth
I — Inspire Hope and Possibility
L — Lead with Truth and Respect
I — Invite Meaningful Engagement
A — Advance Agency
Find Your Fit
Whether you’re creating with a family member or planning for a community, we’ll help you choose the right Resilia offering.