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| Id | 936 | |
| 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 |
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| Link to article | https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85049310364&doi=10.1017%2fS0144686X18000594&partnerID=40&md5=fe26dfd82cee2958e1cc83f8fe1fa5f2 |
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| 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. |
The role of the visual arts in the resilience of people living with dementia in care homes. The definition of resilience adopted for this study is the process of effectively negotiating adapting to or managing significant sources of stress or trauma. The participatory artists did not mention dementia and it did not feature in the creative responses. However this process must involve creating a positive sense of identity that over- rides negative factors and involves drawing from a range of resources relying more on the collective aspects of habitus as a result of communication losses. The observed adaption process supporting resilience described above can be seen to be analogous with the normal identity change processes that healthy people in later life undergo such as that described by Whitbourne Sneed and Skultety as identity assimilation and identity accommodation.
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