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ID: 11478
Title:Nurturing the Heart: Creativity, Art Therapy and Dementia.
Publication Year: 2007
Format(s): Booklet , Online Resource
Language(s): English
Audience(s): Activities Professionals , Alternative Therapists , Families of Patients , Family Caregivers , Health Services Providers
Author(s): Baines, P.
Series: Quality Dementia Care Paper Number 3
Source: Hawker, ACT, Australia: Alzheimer's Australia. September 2007. 26 p.

Abstract: All human beings are creative, this author says, but when one is living with dementia, that creativity may need to be supported and encouraged by others trained to foster creative expression. This paper was written for anyone who lives and works with people who have dementia. For art therapists, it offers a validation of their professional therapeutic work and provides some guidelines as to the special ways of working with people with dementia. Diversional therapists, especially those working in residential aged care facilities, and family members who want to engage in creative activities with loved ones, may gain some useful hints about how to encourage a person with dementia to start on a creative project and find ideas about what kinds of creative activities may be satisfying to the person with dementia. The paper may also be of interest to persons living with memory loss, as it suggests ways to free the creative flow so that creative activity is possible.

Availability: Available from Alzheimer's Australia. P.O. Box 4019, Hawker, ACT 2614. 02-6254-4233; FAX: 02-6278-7225. E-mail: admin@alzheimers.org.au. Website: http://www.alzheimers.org.au/. PRICE: $7.50 for print copy; free online access.
Major Descriptor(s): ART-THERAPY , ALTERNATIVE-MEDICINE , DEMENTIA , ACTIVITY-PLANNING , QUALITY-OF-CARE , QUALITY-OF-CARE
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Link(s): http://www.alzheimers.org.au/content.cfm?infopageid=4208

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