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Creativity and communication in persons with dementia /

Providing people with dementia with opportunities to engage in creative activity can play a crucial role in maintaining and enhancing communication, and in reinforcing personhood and identity. This thoughtful book describes how people with dementia, and the people who work with and care for them, ca...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Killick, John, 1936-
Otros Autores: Craig, Claire, 1969-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2011.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Creativity and Communication in Persons with Dementia: A Practical Guide; Introduction; Part 1: Why the Arts?; 1. What is Creativity?; 2. What the Arts Can Do; 3. Getting in the Flow; Part 2: What's on Offer?; 4. The Food of Love: The Language of Music; 5. Moving in the Moment: Dance; 6. Giving Voice: Writing Poetry; 7. Making It All Up: Improvisation and Other Dramas; 8. Telling Stories; 9. Conversations in Paint; 10. Playing with Mud: Ceramics and Clay; 11. Working with the Hard Stuff: Stone, Wood, Metaland Glass; 12. Textured Journeys: Exploring the Potentialof Textiles
  • 13. Between Memory and Imagination: Collage andLife-Story Work14. Further Than the Eye Can See; 15. Putting the IT into Creativity: Exploring theCreative Potential of Technology; 16. Space and Place: The Environment and Creativity; 17. Taking It All In: Audience Enjoyment; Part 3: Making Things Happen; 18. Getting Real; 19. Starting Out; 20. Drilling Down to the Detail; 21. Giving Creativity a Shape; 22. Measuring Success; 23. Making Space for Your Own Creativity; Part 4: Living It Out; 24. All Together: The Arts as Identity; 25. Beyond Grass; 26. Two Residencies: The Dream and the Nightmare
  • 27. Putting on the Ritz28. Ian and 'Me-ness'; 29. Alan: A Quick-Change Artist; 30. Painting with Olivia; Conclusion (And a Beginning); References; Further Reading and Resources for Specific Topics; Useful Websites; Index