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Alzheimer’s Foundation of America (AFA) Teal Room Community Classes
Academic Courses
From the Alzheimer’s Foundation of America (AFA) Website: AFA’s Teal Room Community Classes provides a variety of in-person therapeutic programs ranging from the creative arts therapies, Broadway singer performances, chair yoga, gardening classes, and more! …
ArtCare: The Story of How an Arts Program Can Transform Long Term Care
Books and Chapters
ArtCare is a unique program that brings community artists, students and volunteers into Luther Manor Adult Day Care Center for art residencies with the Adult Day Care participants. ArtCare also provides trainings of how to …
Arts for Brain Health Final Video
Videos
From the YouTube Video Description: This project aims to utilize artistic creativity to improve social engagement opportunities for people living with dementia, ultimately transforming the healthcare experiences of patients, professional caregivers, and family members, with …
Creative Care: A Revolutionary Approach to Dementia and Elder Care
Books and Chapters
From Anne’s website: “A MacArthur Genius Grant recipient pioneers a radical change in how we interact with older loved ones, especially those experiencing dementia, as she introduces a proven method that uses the creative arts …
Forget Memory: Creating Better Lives for People with Dementia
Books and Chapters
From the Forget Memory website: Memory loss can be one of the most terrifying aspects of a diagnosis of dementia. Yet the fear and dread of losing our memory make the experience of the disease …
Humanitarian Artist Kunle Adewale is Uplifting Spirits for The Longest Day
Articles and Blog Posts
From the Article: Kunle Adewale is using art engagement as a therapy for the older population as an Atlantic Fellow of Equity in Brain Health at the Global Brain Health Institute, University of California, San …
In Alzheimer’s Disease, Maintaining Connection and ‘Saving Face’
via The Atlantic | Articles and Blog Posts
From the article: Part one in a series on how people with neurologic disorders open and utilize new channels of expression
JF&CS Memory Café Percolator
Websites
From the Website: The JF&CS Memory Café Percolator shares information and tools to make it easier for organizations and individuals to start and sustain their own memory café.
Meet Me at MoMA
Programs and Initiatives
From the website: The MoMA Alzheimer’s Project was a special initiative in the Museum’s Department of Education. The initiative took place from 2007 to 2014 and was generously funded by MetLife Foundation. During this time, …
National Institute on Aging (NIA)
From the Website: NIA, one of the 27 Institutes and Centers of National Institutes of Health (NIH), leads a broad scientific effort to understand the nature of aging and to extend the healthy, active years …