UCL University - 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 at FutureLearn Overview
Duration | 4 weeks |
Total fee | ₹2,763 |
Mode of learning | Online |
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Credential | Certificate |
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Dementia and the Arts: Sharing Practice, Developing Understanding and Enhancing Lives at FutureLearn Highlights
- Duration 4 weeks,Weekly study 2 hours,100% online.
Develop a qualitative appreciation of the value of 'in the moment-experiences.
Learner will be able to explore the emerging landscape for dementias and the arts in which artistic and cultural interventions are now being acknowledged.
Dementia and the Arts: Sharing Practice, Developing Understanding and Enhancing Lives at FutureLearn Course details
- 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
- 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.
Dementia and the Arts: Sharing Practice, Developing Understanding and Enhancing Lives at FutureLearn Curriculum
Seeing the dementias differently through the arts and seeing the arts differently through the dementias
How can the arts communicate the experience of living with a dementia?
How can the arts help us understand dementia?
How can the experience of living with dementia inspire the arts?
The arts in care settings
The arts in practice: Three perspectives
Conclusion
How can moments be understood, experienced and measured?
Arts-based practices as a gateway to in-the-moment experiences
The arts applied
In-the-moment experiences in care settings
The lived experience
Conclusion
Creating Common Ground: The Arts, Equality and Dementia
How can the arts help to establish common ground?
Shifting the focus
The arts in practice
The transformative power of the arts
A national agenda
Conclusion
Language & Communication: How can we change the conversation?
How can language shape our perceptions of the dementias?
Creating dialogue between science and the arts
Using the arts to enhance communication
A broader cultural perspective
Conclusion
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