Dementia and the Arts: Sharing Practice, Developing Understanding and Enhancing Lives

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UCL (University College London)

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Dementia and the Arts: Sharing Practice, Developing Understanding and Enhancing Lives

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Dementia and the Arts: Sharing Practice, Developing Understanding and Enhancing Lives

The course Dementia and the Arts: Sharing Practice, Developing Understanding and Enhancing Lives is an online class provided by UCL (University College London) through Future Learn. It may be possible to receive a verified certification or use the course to prepare for a degree.

Explore, challenge and shape your perceptions of dementia through science and the creative arts

Course description

Understand how the arts can improve the lives of people with dementia
4 weeks

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.

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?

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

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,.

UCL (University College London)
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.
Created Out of Mind
Created Out of Mind is a team aiming to explore, challenge and shape perceptions and understanding of dementias through science and the creative arts.

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Dementia and the Arts: Sharing Practice, Developing Understanding and Enhancing Lives

Course Topic

Creative Arts & Media, Psychology & Mental Health

University, College, Institution

UCL (University College London)

Course Skill Level

see course summary

Course Language

English

Place of class

Online, self-paced (see curriculum for more information)

Degree

Certificate

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Dementia and the Arts: Sharing Practice, Developing Understanding and Enhancing Lives

To obtain a verified certificate from Future Learn / UCL (University College London) you have to finish this course or the latest version of it, if there is a new edition. The class may be free of charge, but there could be some cost to receive a verified certificate or to access the learning materials. The specifics of the course may have been changed, please consult the provider to get the latest quotes and news.

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