Course: Dementia and the Arts: Sharing Practice, Developing Understanding and Enhancing Lives

Further Learning Our Dementia MSc is offered jointly by the UCL Division of Psychiatry and Institute of Neurology and tackles one of the biggest global health problems facing society today. …

In this video David Carter (Director, The Baring Foundation) and Alice Thwaite (Co-director, Equal Arts) provide a comparison between the UK and the international scene in the field of creative …

Written by Ezinma Mbonu, Senior Lecturer, Fashion Design BA (Hons), University for the Creative Arts An ageing population in the UK now more than ever includes a significant increase of …

Damian Hebron and Arti Prashar look at some of the challenges that can be encountered in arts-based practices for people living with dementia as a result of cultural diversity. This …

Janneke van Leeuwen (Founder, The Thinking Eye and PhD Researcher, UCL) introduces research that uses both science, visual art and a verbal communication strategy to give an insight into the …

Watch this video to learn about an example of an exploratory research project where both science and the arts have been combined at UCL’s Sensorimotor Lab in collaboration with Created …

Fergus Walsh explores the potential for a shift in the way that we talk and think about dementia based on research that overlaps science with the arts, placing an equal …

The course has drawn on expertise from many different people, including people with personal experience of dementia, and clinicians, scientists, researchers, academics, writers, artists and arts practitioners, funders, professionals working …

On this course you’ve had an introduction to dementia and the arts, learning what role you can play in creating a society that supports and includes those of us who …

Before signing off we’d like to encourage you to share your thoughts about the course with us and with each other: What is the most interesting or useful thing that …

Barbara Stephens provides insight into the Dance for Life programme, a joint venture between Dementia Pathfinders and Matthew Bourne’s New Adventures & Re:Bourne dance company, that involved providing dementia training …

This step explores how arts-based practices can be equally accessible by those living with a dementia who experience a language barrier, either through decreased language abilities or due to cultural …

Interview with Luke Pickering-Jones, Flintshire County Services. Written by Dr Katherine Algar-Skaife, Research Officer, Bangor University. What impact do you and Flintshire Social Services feel that Creative Conversations has had? …

Written by Dr Gill Windle (Professor of Ageing and Dementia Research, Bangor University), Dr Katherine Algar-Skaife (Research Officer, Bangor University), and John Killick (Writer & Poet). How can care staff …

Written by Dr Gill Windle, Professor of Ageing and Dementia Research, Bangor University. In the UK, estimates suggest seventy per cent of people living in residential care homes have a …