 Healing arts therapies and person-centered dementia care.
Author: Innes, Anthea & Karen Hatfield Published: 2002 Offering practical advice for arts therapists and health care professionals, this book emphasises the importance of putting the individual before the illness to provide holistic, person-centred support for people with dementia. The contributors are all practising healing arts therapists who show how music, dance and the visual arts can be used in partnership with person-centred care to promote improved memory, reduced anxiety, increased self-esteem, better communication, and successful group interaction. |
