Dementia and the Arts: Sharing Practice, Developing Understanding and Enhancing Lives
Understand how the arts can improve the lives of people with dementia
Creating a society that supports people living with a dementia is a major challenge - and opportunity. On this course you will discover how the arts can create a common ground between people. You will learn what we can all do to improve the quality of life and care for people living with different dementias, examining best practice and the limits of our current understanding.
Drawing on the work of the Created Out of Mind project during its residency at the Wellcome Collection, this course will expand your perceptions of the dementias and the diverse role of the arts in all our lives.
What topics will you cover?
- Seeing the dementias differently through the arts and seeing the arts differently through the dementias
- How can moments be understood, experienced and measured?
- Creating Common Ground: The arts, equality and dementia
- Language & Communication: How can we change the conversation?
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