Socially Engaged Arts for wellbeing, inclusion and Joy. Founded by @KarrieMarshall 2011 Became Community Interest Company Dec 2012
Highlands UK
Joined August 2011
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#AlzChat Include PLWD in Research & Policy: Too often, decisions are made for them, not with them. Support initiatives that involve lived experience in co-designing services, research, and advocacy. It is time to shift from passive recipient to active contributor.
We've done a lot of music-doodles over the years! Moving colourful pens or crayons in time to music. Good fun! #AlzChat @KarrieMarshall @IRememberBetter
social networks in dementia care are important for wellbeing and stimulation. Inclusive, creative community activities support many families living with dementia #AlzChat
summer activities in dementia care #AlzChat include creative activities, from painting landscapes outside to making paper flowers or felt birds.
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Some individuals write notes about what they want to share; and more importantly about how they wish to be treated by their family / friends. The diagnosis may come as a shock, or a relief. It's important to be clear about what would help induce a supportive response. #AlzChat
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so true! There is a wisdom and connection that many people miss because they are busy counting the mistakes or lost words or symptoms. 😘 #AlzChat
A group poem by ppl living with dementia: 'Poetry In Motion' book.
You would need thermal underwear
Get the log house insulated
Find plenty of logs to burn
Have a kettle on a long chain
Boiling in the old hearth fire
Fetch oil lamps and big white candles
Make it ...cosy #AlzChat
Poetry In Motion grew out of Creativity in Care’s 2014 project ‘Old Possums’ working with people of all ages, including ppl living with dementia who wrote fabulous poems of the moment, or a memory, plus group poems. #AlzChat
Good to be here at #AlzChat ... joining in as and when possible... we're changing hands here at @CreativityCare after over a decade. Still doing socially engaged arts / community arts. Great topic today: 'Theatre, poetry and storytelling in dementia care' @IRememberBetter
#Spirituality quote today https://xitter.cf/t.co/z1Pxgzd7Fc #AlzChat (spirituality and personhood in dementia care topic today)
Saw a post earlier... about the power of music and hymns to reignite something in a person that may at times seem lost... and that stirs the soul in other people too. #Connection #AlzChat
creativitycare retweeted
@AlzJoyThruTears @RakheeLb @AdrianzWall @janis_cottee @creativitycare @JulesWdr @bethyb1886 @helenfindlay and ALL contributing, Reading and Sharing posts TY ❤️ Back with @IRememberBetter Mon 3pmEST/8pmUK different #dementiacare topic
Nice to be here at #AlzChat Topic Today: Intergenerational activities in dementia care & helping children understand dementia @IRememberBetter @KarrieMarshall Mon 3pmEST/8pmUK
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Hello @creativitycare, thank you ever so much for your kind words, understanding & encouragement! It's been such a pleasure contributing to #AlzChat and engaging with this wonderful community. I'm juggling different projects simultaneously, so I may not always be present for 8pm.
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#AlzChat "Evidence of nonverbal communication between nurses and older adults: a scoping review
Esther L. Wanko Keutchafo, Jane Kerr & Mary Ann Jarvis
BMC Nursing volume 19, Article number: 53 (2020)
bmcnurs.biomedcentral.com/ar…
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#AlzChat Insightful. It explores how storytelling sustains relationships and identities in dementia care.
academic.oup.com/book/9119
Often said by @KarrieMarshall "respond to people's feelings, beneath the words- and be reassuring". Here's a quote by @ChristineBryden (with lived experience)
“We know the feelings but don’t know the plot. Your smile, your laugh and your touch are what we connect with” #AlzChat