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2008 Highlights Presentation Objectives & Abstracts:
Honouring the artist within: the cultural legitimation of being creative in Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australian societies and its implications for individuals living with dementia.
Australian
Aboriginal people say that everyone is an artist. The Indigenous way
of relating to creativity is that the Indigenous elders are expected
to hand on knowledge – both stories and designs (ways of painting
country) to appropriate individuals in the younger generations.
In the wider Australian society, which has many different
nationalities, an individual’s creativity may be stymied by feelings
that she or he is not an artist (that is, is not professionally
trained). These different cultural approaches to creativity have
interesting implications when working with individuals living with
dementia.
Music Therapy as a supportive intervention in coping with change
Life
is full of changes - some bring joy, others pain and sadness. To cope
with the changes inherent in dementia, clients and relatives need
empathic support.
My Mother’s Dementia/Our Lives in Art Elinor Fuchs, a professor at the Yale School of Drama, describes how her training in theater unexpectedly became central to her ten-year career as caretaker of Lil, her mother. Performing conversations taped with Lil in the last years of her life, Fuchs shows how a loving relationship can grow even in the face of a relentlessly advancing memory loss.
The Development of an Assessment Instrument for Creative Expression Abilities of Seniors with Dementia (CEA)
The Development of an Assessment Instrument for Creative Expression Abilities of Seniors with Dementia (CEA)
Accessing and Rights of Access
The Society ‘Down-Under’. A report on the new chapter of the Society in Australia with examples of local projects Bringing out the Human Essence in People with Dementia. Summary of findings from a Master's research study on the ‘Spark of Life’ program The Development of an Assessment Instrument for Creative Expression Abilities of Seniors with Dementia (CEA)
Nourishing the Human Spirit through Creative Expression In this talk, I will reflect on how people with dementia express their sense of spiritual meaning and connectedness when they are given the opportunity to be creative. In addition, I will show how care providers can receive spiritual nourishment by entering into the creative moment with mindfulness and love.
Universal Access to Creative Expression: The Ideal and the Restraints The talk will explore forces that foster and inhibit universal participation in the creative process and involve a discussion of who can and cannot help others realize their expressive potential and receive the life enhancing benefits of the arts. Learning Goals: 1. Understand how to create environments that liberate the creative expression of others. 2. Achieve a deeper understanding of the things within yourself and within environments that both support and restrict a person's ability to take creative risks. 3. Gain skills in witnessing and supporting the expression of others.
LaughterBoss: Review of an Australian Program Operating in Aged and Dementia Care since 2003 The LaughterBoss Program was initially presented at the First Australian National Conference on Challenging Depression in Aged Care, Sydney, 2003. Since then aged care and dementia care staff around Australia have been introduced to this intensive court jester - care training. They must have acknowledgement, support and blessing from management of the facility.
Art and Dementia - A Personal Viewpoint
The Society for the Arts in
Dementia Care, Vancouver Canada presents
Conferences & Workshops on Creative Expression, Communication and Dementia with support from our affiliate The Society for the Arts in Dementia Care, Perth Australia
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