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| Author | Newman A., Goulding A., Davenport B., Windle G. | |
| Title | The role of the visual arts in the resilience of people living with dementia in care homes | |
| Reference | Newman A., Goulding A., Davenport B., Windle G.; The role of the visual arts in the resilience of people living with dementia in care homes ;Ageing and Society vol:39.0 issue: 11 page:2465 |
Link to article | https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85049310364&doi=10.1017%2fS0144686X18000594&partnerID=40&md5=fe26dfd82cee2958e1cc83f8fe1fa5f2 |
| Abstract | This study responds to a gap in the literature relating to the resilience of people living with dementia in care homes. We applied an ecopsychosocial framework of resilience, theorising that sources of resilience may be personal, social and structural. Visual arts enrichment activities were examined to see how they might provide opportunities for resilience. The data used for this study were qualitative and originated from people with dementia aged between 70 and 99 years old (N = 48) living in four care homes in North East England, United Kingdom and staff/carers/family members (N = 37). The results showed that visual arts enrichment activities supported the resilience of those with dementia through creative expression, increased communication, improved self-esteem, and influenced relationships with carers and family members. It is concluded that even those with advanced dementia are capable of demonstrating resilience which can be supported by, and explored through, visual arts enrichment activities. © 2018 Cambridge University Press. |
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| The arts enrichment activity mainly, although not exclusively, supported personhood and therefore respondents resilience. . | The arts enrichment activities provide a context where respondents, even with severe dementia, collectively supported each others personhood and so resilience. . | A more equal relationship between residents and carers was apparent at the celebration event, supporting the personhood and so resilience of participants. . | This created a multi-sensory environment that provided the stimulation for the work that was created. . | The results showed that visual arts enrichment activities supported the resilience of those with dementia through creative expression, increased communication, improved self-esteem, and influenced relationships with carers and family members. . | He soon enjoyed the experience of the arts enrichment activities, demonstrating adaptation and self-esteem, and he liked the fact that this was part of a university research project. . | Visual arts enrichment activities were examined to see how they might provide opportunities for resilience. . | This aimed to create a positive enjoyable experience for those taking part. . | Here, creative activities can be seen to make respondents more resilient while undertaking the activity than they might have been otherwise. . | Artistic creativity, which appeared normal and easy for all, may be seen as an adaptive, expressive response to how participants were experiencing their lives and both the conscious and unconscious challenges they faced. . | This examined how visual arts enrichment activities might improve the quality of life for people in later life with dementia and their carers. . | Included were sections on community belonging, relationships in the community and activities, including questions about the impact of the arts enrichment activity. . | However, it was apparent that the respondents were able to create art individually or collectively, and were able to access a range of resources, including past identities, to help them express a creative response to a particular topic, despite losses associated with their condition. . |
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