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| Id | 946 | |
| Author | Schneider J. | |
| Title | The arts as a medium for care and self-care in dementia: Arguments and evidence | |
| Reference | Schneider J.; The arts as a medium for care and self-care in dementia: Arguments and evidence ;International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health vol:15 issue: 6 page: |
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| Link to article | https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85048032563&doi=10.3390%2fijerph15061151&partnerID=40&md5=12e02c963768913448e8dc837c9941df |
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| Abstract | The growing prevalence of dementia, combined with an absence of effective pharmacological treatments, highlights the potential of psychosocial interventions to alleviate the effects of dementia and enhance quality of life. With reference to a manifesto from the researcher network Interdem, this paper shows how arts activities correspond to its definition of psycho-social care. It presents key dimensions that help to define different arts activities in this context, and illustrates the arts with reference to three major approaches that can be viewed online; visual art, music and dance. It goes on to discuss the features of each of these arts activities, and to present relevant evidence from systematic reviews on the arts in dementia in general. Developing the analysis into a template for differentiating arts interventions in dementia, the paper goes on to discuss implications for future research and for the uptake of the arts by people with dementia as a means to self-care. © 2018 by the author. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. |
The arts as a medium for care and self-care in dementia: Arguments and evidence. From a pragmatic perspective the arts present the possibility of lower costs than interventions delivered in a clinical context for a number of reasons. The arts are non-invasive in research terms and risks presented by arts activities for people with dementia are not very different from those they meet in everyday activities such as fatigue trips and falls or accidental ingestion of something that is not food. However in addition to rational argument a growing body of evidence supports the use of the arts in dementia. Subsequent reviews of the arts in dementia sometimes also fail in this respect and therefore add only limited information frequently confounding evidence from the therapeutic professions with evidence concerning arts facilitated by people with different skills and objectives which is indicated by the indiscriminate use of the terms art therapy or music therapy.
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