The value of things in our lives

This step delves deeper into object handling for people living with dementia.

In this video you will be introduced to a research project that has been developed around object handling, hosted at the Wellcome Collection and will hear perspectives from a trainee clinical psychologist, museum staff, and a participant who were all involved in the project.

You will hear about:

• Some of the methods that were used to capture people’s experiences.
• The skills that the museum visitor experience team were able to bring to the sessions.
• How object handling can lead to multi-sensory stimulation.
• Motivations from a participant who lives with dementia for joining the group.

Whilst watching this video, we encourage you to think about how local resources in your own community could be used to engage people living with dementia. If you have any thoughts on this that you would be happy to share, please do so in the comments.