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Creativity and dementia – policy and practice
1. Creativity and
dementia – policy
and practice
Dementia in Scotland 2012
Thistle Glasgow Hotel
18 June 2012
Des Kelly OBE
Executive Director
National Care Forum
2. Creative Homes - summary
1. Arts and excellence in care settings
2. What we found
3. Sharing best practice
4. Inspiration, involvement, motivation
3. 1. Arts and excellence in care
settings
• NCF published a statement of best
practice in person-centred dementia
care in April 2007
• Co-founder of My Home Life and
Members of the DAA
• Creative Homes (with NAPA and
The Baring Foundation) – Nov 2011
5. Arts and excellence in care
settings
“When you have met one person with
dementia, you have met one person
with dementia.”
Professor Tom Kitwood
6. Arts and excellence in care
Essential elements of excellence:
• Choice and control
• Good relationships
• Spending time purposefully
And…
• Organisational and service factors
8. What we found
•A wide range of art activity takes
place in the best care homes
•In 89% of cases initiated by staff
•23% artists and 20% volunteer
involvement
•In 75% of cases dementia-related
purpose
9. What we found
•33% weekly and 44% 1 to 4 weeks
•32% of participants were 100+ years
•28% small group work and 8% one-
to-one
11. Sharing best practice
“Although good care may be a
necessary condition for good quality of
life, it is possible to provide good care
without residents experiencing good
quality of life.”
Edelman et al 2005
12. Sharing best practice
• ‘A few of my favourite things’ – the
use of film (Central and Cecil)
• Partnership and the visual arts
(RMBI)
• ‘Singing for the brain’ (St Monica)
• ‘Tell your story’ (Somerset Care)