Advancing Person Centered Care through Meaningful Art Experience. Quality Care Community Conference XIII December 13, 2012

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1 Advancing Person Centered Care through Meaningful Art Experience Quality Care Community Conference XIII December 13, 2012

2 Today s Facilitators Jennie Smith-Peers Executive Director, Elders Share the Arts Carolyn Halpin-Healy Executive Director, Arts & Minds

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4 Purpose To introduce health care providers and clinicians to innovative ways in which to provide person-centered care with inexpensive nonpharmaceutical interventions.

5 Workshop Outcomes Best practices in creative aging The connection between Kitwood s model of person-centered care and artcentered activities Tools to facilitate arts programming The use of personal story within artmaking The activation of communication skills in response to art Where to find additional resources to support art-making residencies

6 Working Agreement Engaging with art provides an opportunity for living in the moment and focusing attention. In order to create the right atmosphere, we ask everyone to turn off your cell phones until the end of the workshop. We re asking everyone to be ready to try something new And we remind you that you are entering a failure free zone!

7 Our Mission: Arts & Minds is a non-profit organization committed to improving quality of life for people living with Alzheimer s disease and other dementias. In museums, community centers and nursing homes we provide meaningful art-centered activities to create positive cognitive experiences, enhance communication and reduce isolation. Our programs empower people with dementia, family members, professional caregivers, and educators to strengthen social, emotional and spiritual bonds by engaging with art.

8 Jacob Lawrence ( ) The Photographer, 1942

9 Which areas of your brain were stimulated by this activity? Vision Memory Language Viewing art together inspires conversation that taps into memory, cognition and emotion and imagination.

10 Meeting Basic Needs of People with Dementia & their Caregivers Kitwood, Dementia Reconsidered, p82, fig.5.2 Aesthetic experience stimulates the brain and memory while strengthening social, emotional and spiritual bonds.

11 Can the conscious experience of an emotion persist once the emotion-inducing event is forgotten? Recollection of film clips and post-film emotions ratings following the happiness induction Emotional experience may be independent of memory of the stimulus Proceedings of the National Academy of Science,

12 Response & Interpretation We can say what we feel here. Positive engagement with art and ideas connects us to one another and lifts the spirits!

13 Creative Expression Hands-on activities awaken creativity.

14 Participants may experience reduced anxiety I think it s beautiful Arts & Minds at Isabella February 2011

15 Elders Share the Arts (ESTA), founded in 1979, affirms the creative potential of older adults and upholds their timehonored role as bearers of history and culture by using the power of the arts to transmit their stories and life experiences for the benefit of all generations.

16 Legacy Arts History Alive! Pearls Of Wisdom Arts & Memory

17 Living History Arts Methodology Reminiscence Oral History Art

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19 Person-centered approach to creating art with residents Life Collage Using memories to create art work Share the Art Display the Art

20 I learned new ways of creating things My imagination is set free. - Participant It relieves stress, and helps me communicate with people better. - Participant

21 Benefits of successful creative aging programs Enhances the quality of life of older adults. Meets the needs of older adults and their caregivers. Demonstrates sequential learning and often transformational learning. Participants experience an enriched connection with their cultural roots, practices and beliefs. Elders see themselves as valuable members of their communities. Elder participants in eldercare communities/facilities regard their environments as part of their community. All participants may experience reduced anxiety.

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23 Evaluation

24 Feel free to contact us! Carolyn Halpin-Healy Executive Director Jennie Smith-Peers Executive Director

25 SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY Alzheimer s Disease International, World Alzheimer Report 2011: The benefits of early diagnosis and intervention, Executive Summary. Cohen, Gene D; Perlstein, Susan; Chapline, Jeff;Kelly, Jeanne; et al. The Impact of Professionally Conducted Cultural Programs on the Physical Health, Mental Health, and Social Functioning of Older Adults. The Gerontologist; Dec 2006; 46, 6; ProQuest pg Feinstein, Justin S., Melissa C. Duffa, and Daniel Tranela. Sustained Experience of Emotion after Loss of Memory in Patients with Amnesia. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Halpern, Andrea R., Jenny Ly, Seth Elkin-Frankston, Margaret G. O Connor. I know what I like : Stability of aesthetic preference in alzheimer s patients, Brain and Cognition, vol 66, 2008, Hanna, Gay and Susan Perlstein. Creativity Matters: Arts and Aging in America, Monograph, Americans for the Arts, September 2008.

26 SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY Hartman-Stein, Paula E. and Asenath La Rue, eds. Enhancing Cognitive Fitness in Adults: A Guide to the Use and Development of Community-Based Programs, Springer, I Remember Better When I Paint. A film by Berna Huebner and Eric Ellena, presented by French Connection Films and the Hilgos Foundation, Available on Amazon.com. Kinney, Jennifer M. and Clarissa A. Rentz. Observed well-being among individuals with dementia: Memories in the Making, an art program, versus other structured activity, American Journal of Alzheimer s Disease and Other Dementias, vol. 20, number 4, July/August 2005, Scarameas, N. et al. Influence of Leisure Activity on Incidence of Alzheimer s Disease, Neurology, vol. 57, December 2001, Taylor, Janelle S. Art, Creativity, Dementia. Bulletin of the King County Medical Society, July/August vol. 90, no. 4.

27 SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY Butler, R. N The Life Review: An Interpretation of Reminiscence in the Aged. Psychiatry: Journal for the Study of Interpersonal Processes 26: Cohen, Gene, The Creative Age: Awakening Human Potential in the Second Half of Life, New York: Avon Books, Erikson, Erik and Kivnick, Helen, Vital Involvement in Old Age, New York: WW. Norton, Sherman, Andrea and Weiner, Marsha B, Transitional Keys. A Guidebook to Improve Quality of Life for Older Adults. NY: Circle Studio Inc. Integrating Humanities and the Arts in the Healthcare of the Older Adult. Golden, Stephanie with Susan Perlstein, Legacy Works Training Manual, Elders Share the Arts, Larson, Renya, A Stage for Memory, Elders Share the Arts, 2004

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