So you’ve heard about creative programming, but did you know that creative programming can be implemented in multiple settings, and display itself in different, colorful ways? An example of a setting that implements creative programming is Acclaim Health. Alternatively, outside the realm of Long Term Care, community centers, such as “S.E.N.E.C.A, Adult Day Program” in downtown Oakville, and the Alzheimer Society of Ontario – could be sites of interest. Specifically, within the long-term care setting, or even community organization settings, creative programming can manifest as art therapy, music therapy and can serve to celebrate holidays and other festive events, such as Chinese New Year. Within a long term care center, for example, creative programming might present as a drum circle, a singing program, a pastel workshop or portrait-making. These programs will be implemented and/or facilitated by a recreational therapist, one whom is usually educated in Gerontology, Social Work or Recreational Therapy – and whom has the knowledge of how to apply person centered activation and care. Creative programs offer social benefits, but because all people are either self identified, or simply spiritual beings in the natural human sense; they often activate their participants on this level. When older adults participate in creative programming, as my anonymous survey suggests, it is only natural to postulate that something trans-formative is capable of happening towards the older adult. This very transformation likely occurs because creative programming can offer benefits that include cognitive stimulation, emotional expression, social engagement, physical benefits, sensory achievement/mastery, stress reduction and quality of life.