Dementia and the Arts - Sharing Practice, Developing Understanding and Enhancing Lives FutureLearn

Overview

On this Dementia and the Arts - Sharing Practice, Developing Understanding and Enhancing Lives at FutureLearn with UCL by FutureLearn you will discover how the arts can create a common ground between people. 

Key facts

• 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 will you achieve?

By the end of the course, you‘ll be able to...

• 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