"Where social policy, nursing and medicine are at the end of their tether, strategies involving art and design may make people with dementia see their own skills and their situation in a new way. This ...

Dementia affects people’s memory and also how they think and feel, but visiting an art museum can help alleviate depression and reduce stress levels, researchers in Australia have discovered. While ...

JoAnne Klimovich Harrop Thursday, Dec. 5, 2019 4:14 p.m. | Thursday, Dec. 5, 2019 4:14 p.m. Art can be a way for dementia and Alzheimer’s patients to remember. The patient generally remembers a ...

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – The Barnes Foundation is hosting a program aimed at helping people with dementia feel connected through art. Instead of art therapy, this is art for fun, for a very special group.

Among the many benefits of art, according to a new project, is its ability to combat the negative effects of dementia. ABC News Australia reports that new research by the Art Gallery of New South ...

There are many kinds of dementias. Elizabeth "Like" Lokon, founder and director of Opening Minds through Art (OMA) – an award-winning, evidence-based art program for people with neurocognitive ...

An exhibition of original modern artwork created by artists with dementia opened Sunday.The artists were participants in the Opening Minds through Art program (OMA).There was a public reception at ...

It’s an exercise helping people in the middle of a very difficult time. That’s exactly what the Frye Art Museum intended when they created a program for people living with dementia to come out and ...

Salvador Dalí “Lobster Telephone” (1936) National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, Purchased 1994 © Salvador Dalí. Licensed by Demart Pro Arte & VISCOPY ...

, an effort to harness the power of the music as a cognitive tool for the aging mind.In 2016, the Hellman Artist in Residence was Voice of Witness, a nonprofit that uses narrative to uplift the ...

I worked for decades as a licensed clinical social worker in gerontology and met many people with severe memory impairment. One of the most difficult issues was finding ways to communicate. Memory ...