Publications

The Art of Friendship by Donna Boen Vol 31 No 1 Fall 2012

Waiting at one of several tables, most of them occupied by residents like her, Sheila smiles as Ryan walks into the nursing home’s sunny rec room with 11 other Miami University students. He goes to her side, unfolds a campstool, places it so that their chairs nearly touch, and sits down next to her.
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The Joy of Life - artwork project by Dr. Julie Gross McAdam at Monash Medical Centre Moorabbin, Victoria, AU

One hundred and fifty years ago, Florence Nightingale, the mother of modern nursing, imputed rapid healing powers in patients to the bright - colours emanating from bunches of flowers she placed in the fever ward.  
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Australian Journal of Dementia Care - Vol 1 No 1 June/July 2012

A message from the minister: It gives me great pleasure to contribute to the inaugural edition of the Australian Journal of Dementia Care. I understand this is the sister publication to the Journal of Dementia Care that has been published in the United Kingdom for the last 19 years.
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SAGE-ING with Creative Spirit, Grace & Gratitude

A journal of the arts & aging. Edited by Karen Close and Carolyn Cowan. This publication "profiles creative engagement as a tool to empower the individual's role in personal healthcare and community well-being."
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Journal of Intergenerational Relationships

Building Bridges Across Age and Cognitive Barriers Through Art: College Students' Reflections on an Intergenerational Program With Elders who Have Dementia  
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SUSTAINING THE NOTE OF HOPE

Report from the ‘Music & Dementia’ seminar, 18 November 2013 hosted by The Rayne Foundation and National Alliance for Arts Health & Wellbeing Marsaili Cameron and Belinda Sosinowicz  
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''It makes me feel like myself''

Person-centered versus traditional visual arts activities for people with dementia
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Dementia and the use of creative arts to maintain personhood

In February 2009 the Department of Health launched the first UK Dementia Strategy. 
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Dementia Tales from the Tyne by Romi Jones - 2013

For several years I have been running creative writing workshops with a wide variety of community groups. When the opportunity arose to be involved in a multi-disciplinary writing project, I was interested to discover if I could use the same skills and approaches with older people with dementia.
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An annual offer of creative 'here and now' moments.
The Journal of Dementia Care
May/June 2014 Vol 22 No 3

David Reid recounts the labour, learning and pleasure of coordinating an annual dementia creative arts exhibition in Sheffield – now into its sixth year
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Reflections on Ageing and Creativity – Mila Harter
Keynote Address, September 9th, 2016

Good morning everyone. It is my honour to be here at this conference on Creativity and Ageing, and to be speaking to you on the same topic. I do this with some apprehension and nervousness as I know that the audience includes people with expertise in related areas.
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CEAA Tool - User Guide 2016

Identifying the Creative-Expressive Abilities of People With Dementia - 2016 By Dalia Gottlieb-Tanaka, PhD & Hilary Lee, OTR, MSc
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