#CA-04-08 Sharing Practice, Developing Understanding and Enhancing Lives
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- Course level: All Levels
About Course
UCL (University College London)Description
Understand how the arts can improve the lives of people with dementia
Creating a society that supports people living with a dementia is a major challenge – and opportunity. On this course you will discover how the arts can create a common ground between people. You will learn what we can all do to improve the quality of life and care for people living with different dementias, examining best practice and the limits of our current understanding.
Drawing on the work of the Created Out of Mind project during its residency at the Wellcome Collection, this course will expand your perceptions of the dementias and the diverse role of the arts in all our lives.
What topics will you cover?
- Seeing the dementias differently through the arts and seeing the arts differently through the dementias
- How can moments be understood, experienced and measured?
- Creating Common Ground: The arts, equality and dementia
- Language & Communication: How can we change the conversation?
Who will you learn with?
Seb Crutch is Professor of Neuropsychology at the Dementia Research Centre, UCL Institute of Neurology, & Director of the Created Out of Mind dementia & arts residency at The Hub, Wellcome Collection.
Janette Junghaus is Project Coordinator at Created Out of Mind, the dementia and arts research residency at The Hub, Wellcome Collection, and Research Assistant at the Dementia Research Centre, UCL.
Charles Harrison is Resident Artist at Created Out of Mind, the dementia and arts research residency at The Hub, Wellcome Collection.
Who developed the course?
UCL was founded in 1826. It was the first English university established after Oxford and Cambridge, and the first to open up university education to those previously excluded from it.
What Will I Learn?
- Explore the emerging landscape for dementias and the arts in which artistic and cultural interventions are now being acknowledged
- Reflect upon a variety of arts-based communication strategies that can be employed to engage with people living with dementias
- Develop a qualitative appreciation of the value of ‘in the moment’ experiences
- Reflect upon the worth of scientific research in bridging clinical sciences and arts-based practices to further our ability to care for people living with dementias
- Describe the value of creating common ground, and the associated importance of shared experiences, co-creativity and equality
- Investigate the role of language and communication on the perception of dementias
- Apply knowledge to model a broader understanding of the lived experiences of people living with dementias
Topics for this course
How can the arts communicate the experience of living with a dementia?
Welcome to the course00:01:00
Created Out of Mind: The Story00:03:27
How can the arts help us see the dementias differently?00:00:04
William Utermohlen and his self-portraits
How can the arts help us understand dementia?
How can the experience of living with dementia inspire the arts?
The arts in care settings
The arts in practice: Three perspectives
Conclusion
My favorite part of the course is about how we can change the language and the conversations that we have with people with dementia, which is very practical. This course is highly recommended for those with dementia in the family.
The course expands our understanding of dementia and the different roles of art in our lives through the work of the Mind Creation project at the Wellcome Collection. Good course.
In this course we look at what can be done to improve the quality of life and care for different dementia patients, examine best practices and the limitations of our current understanding. That's great.
In this course I learn how art can improve the lives of people with dementia and how to care for people with dementia.
Material Includes
- Official Certificate
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Target Audience
- This course is for people interested in dementia care. You might be living with a dementia, helping to care or support someone who is, are an artist or healthcare practitioner currently working or thinking about working in the dementia and arts field, or a student, researcher or commissioner trying to understand the role of arts-based practices in dementia care,.