ArtCare Manual Now Available
10/01/2008
ArtCare, the manual that shows how to use creative expression in dementia-related illness, is now available.
When it comes to dementia, today's world mostly relies on science to give us hope for cure or prevention. But as we wait for either or both, hope can be found now, in transforming the way we care for people with dementia. The ArtCare Program gives us that hope.
This 60-page book tells the story of a program designed to bring growth and meaning to the lives of the people who attend and work at an adult day center. Started in 1994 at Milwaukee's Luther Manor Adult Day Services, ArtCare has brought joy to center staff, families, and participants by teaching them all the pleasure of self expression and mastery in skills in sculpture, dance, storytelling, fabric art, ceramics and gardening. Through Q&A with Luther Manor, the book describes Person-Centered Care (PCC), the evolution and philosophies of ArtCare and how it can be applied to daily life. There are many books and resources available that give lists of activities for people with dementia. The ArtCare program does not give ideas for keeping busy, but rather for building community and meaning in the lives of people with dementia through creative expression.
This book is for people who work in long term care facilities, people with dementia, families of people with dementia, students looking toward careers in gerontology and teaching artists.
ArtCare was written by Anne Basting, PhD, and published by the Center on Age and Community.
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