dementia care
dementia care
     
Mission Statement -
  Canada & Australia

The Society for the Arts in Dementia Care is built on the premise that people living with dementia have the right to dignity, to be heard and to be valued.

The Society provides an interdisciplinary forum for creative expression in dementia care, bringing together academic research and practical knowledge through collaboration between the medical profession and the creative arts.

The Society aims to disseminate knowledge
and establish ties with dementia care organisations worldwide, thereby improving the quality of life for people with dementia.

Advisory Board  

  • Baines Patricia, PhD (Anthropology) MA (Psychology), MA (art therapy), Diplom in angewandter psychologie. Art therapist/counsellor, Alzheimer's Australia Tasmania
    e-mail
     

  • Bright Ruth, Past President of the Australian National Music Therapy Association and the World Federation of Music Therapy and Adjunct Lecturer at the University of New England's School of Health
    e-mail
     

  • Feldman Howard, MD, Professor and Head Division of Neurology, University of British Columbia, Canada
    e-mail     website
     

  • Graf Peter, PhD, Professor of Psychology Department of Psychology, University of British Columbia, Canada
    e-mail
         website 
     

  • Killick John, Poet/writer in residence, Freelance dementia consultant, Scotland
    e-mail
         website 
     

  • McFadden Susan, PhD, Professor and Chair Department of Psychology, University of Wisconsin Oshkosh, USA
    e-mail
         website
     

  • McNiff Shaun, PhD, Dean of Lesley College & University Professor
    Lesley University, USA
    e-mail     website
     

  • Miller Bruce, MD, Professor of Neurology, Department of Neurology. School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, USA
    e-mail
         website
     

  • Spitzer Peter (aka Dr Fruit-Loop) MB.BS., FACRRM, Churchill Fellow, Medical Director, Co-founder Humour Foundation, Bowral NSW, Australia
    e-mail
         website
     

  • Quirion Rémi, Ph.D, CQ, FRSC, Scientific Director, Douglas Hospital Research Centre, McGill University
    website
     

Executive Board - Canada 

  • Dalia Gottlieb-Tanaka, PhD, Chair for The Society for the Arts in Dementia Care. University of British Columbia, at the Institute of Health Promotion Research Centre,  Vancouver, BC
    e-mail
         website     

  • Jeanne Sommerfield, Secretary for The Society for the Arts in Dementia Care. President, BC Activities Co-ordinators Association
    e-mail

  • David L. Brown, Treasurer for The Society for the Arts in Dementia Care,  Media Producer, North Vancouver, BC
    e-mail   

  • Mineo Tanaka, MAIBC, MRAIC, Facilities Director for The Society for the Arts in Dementia Care, Faculty BCIT Architectural and Building Engineering, North Vancouver, BC
    e-mail     

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  • Dr. Marlene Cox-Bishop, Professor, Department of Human Ecology, University of Alberta 
    e-mail
        website 
     
  • Dr. Nancy Mackin, MAIBC, Adjunct Professor UBC (Interdisciplinary) Vancouver, BC
    e-mail
     
  • Sienna Boothman, MA, Certified Therapeutic Recreation Specialist

Associate Organisations - Canada 

  • Jeanne Sommerfield, BC Activities Co-ordinators Association
    e-mail

Executive Board - Australia

  • Hilary Lee, Chair, The Society for the Arts in Dementia Care (Australia), Masters Candidate, Curtin University of Technology, Perth, Western Australia, Senior Occupational Therapist and Dementia Consultant

  • Angelica Orb, PhD, Senior Lecturer, Division of Health Sciences, Curtin University of Technology, Perth, Western Australia

  • Norma Hatchett, Artist, Manager/Creator of 'Hooked on Hessian'. Teacher and facilitator of weaving/rug making workshops for people of all ages including people with dementia.
    website

  • Wendy Hudson, BAppSc(OT)Hons, Manager Respite Services Alzheimer’s Australia WA  

  • Jeni Winslow,  Registered Occupational Therapist specialising in creative programming.

   
     
       
       
   
The Society for the Arts in Dementia Care Vancouver Canada presents  
Conferences & Workshops on Creative Expression, Communication and Dementia with support from our Associate Organisations and affiliate Society for the Arts in Dementia Care Perth Australia