People with Dementia
ART MAKING IS AN IDEAL ACTIVITY FOR PEOPLE WITH DEMENTIA
TELL ME, I'LL FORGET. SHOW ME, I MAY REMEMBER.
BUT INVOLVE ME, AND I'LL UNDERSTAND.
"The Parietal Lobe - where creativity happens - doesn't get damaged until the end stages of the disease - this is why creative arts can be of great help, relief and success!” Kerri Mills, Dementia Coach.
While persons living with dementia may lose linguistic expression and experience frustration, art provides a wonderful new way to communicate and engage.
Art is both emotional and intellectual, so it can provide access to:
• unexpressed feeling and emotions
• long-term memories
• sense of challenge
• new skills, perspectives and socialization benefits
WHY USE ART MAKING FOR DEMENTIA TREATMENT?
Art making cannot improve the physical condition of a brain affected by dementia, but they can slow down, stop and in some cases reverse the symptoms. The art workshops are teaching people with dementia some adaptive techniques that can actually enrich their life. It is important to offer the people living with this disease an art activity that can offer better behavior and moods without the risks and costs of medication while also improving the quality of life of the patient.
TELL ME, I'LL FORGET. SHOW ME, I MAY REMEMBER.
BUT INVOLVE ME, AND I'LL UNDERSTAND.
"The Parietal Lobe - where creativity happens - doesn't get damaged until the end stages of the disease - this is why creative arts can be of great help, relief and success!” Kerri Mills, Dementia Coach.
While persons living with dementia may lose linguistic expression and experience frustration, art provides a wonderful new way to communicate and engage.
Art is both emotional and intellectual, so it can provide access to:
• unexpressed feeling and emotions
• long-term memories
• sense of challenge
• new skills, perspectives and socialization benefits
WHY USE ART MAKING FOR DEMENTIA TREATMENT?
Art making cannot improve the physical condition of a brain affected by dementia, but they can slow down, stop and in some cases reverse the symptoms. The art workshops are teaching people with dementia some adaptive techniques that can actually enrich their life. It is important to offer the people living with this disease an art activity that can offer better behavior and moods without the risks and costs of medication while also improving the quality of life of the patient.
