Talking Arts: What is Arts Engagement?
03/31/22 • 34 min
On this episode of the Dementia Podcast, Colm chats with Michelle Heldon, Art and Dementia Coordinator for the Museum of Contemporary Art, Australia and Lead Artist for the Arts Engagement team at HammondCare.
In the episode Michelle chats with Colm about family inspiration, the benefits of art expression in Dementia Care and anecdotes from her time working in remote communities around the world.
In addition, Michelle shares the challenges that COVID brought to the Arts Engagement program but also new opportunities the digital space brought to the program.
A key point mentioned by Michelle was the role of play in art and in care. One of the resources mentioned regarding this was the book Playfulness and Dementia: A Practice Guide by John Killick.
If you’d like to hear more in our Talking Art series you can tune in to the episode, Talking Arts: A child’s storybook creating-conversation
Podcast quick fact: Eudaimonia – The human condition of human flourishing or living well.
Additional resources:
HammondCare’s Arts on Prescription Program
Reactions of Persons with Dementia to Singing from People
Artful: Art and Dementia – MCA Australia
On this episode of the Dementia Podcast, Colm chats with Michelle Heldon, Art and Dementia Coordinator for the Museum of Contemporary Art, Australia and Lead Artist for the Arts Engagement team at HammondCare.
In the episode Michelle chats with Colm about family inspiration, the benefits of art expression in Dementia Care and anecdotes from her time working in remote communities around the world.
In addition, Michelle shares the challenges that COVID brought to the Arts Engagement program but also new opportunities the digital space brought to the program.
A key point mentioned by Michelle was the role of play in art and in care. One of the resources mentioned regarding this was the book Playfulness and Dementia: A Practice Guide by John Killick.
If you’d like to hear more in our Talking Art series you can tune in to the episode, Talking Arts: A child’s storybook creating-conversation
Podcast quick fact: Eudaimonia – The human condition of human flourishing or living well.
Additional resources:
HammondCare’s Arts on Prescription Program
Reactions of Persons with Dementia to Singing from People
Artful: Art and Dementia – MCA Australia
Previous Episode
Talking Dementia: What is Frontotemporal Dementia?
On this episode of the Dementia Podcast, Colm chats with Steve Macfarlane, Head of Clinical Services at Dementia Support Australia and Lynne Sewell whose husband, Rick, is living with Frontotemporal Dementia (FTD).
In the episode Steve gives us a clinical overview of FTD, the differences from types of Dementia like Alzheimer's disease, typical features of the condition and outlines current treatment options.
Lynne then shares her story and advocacy for Rick, from his diagnosis to the challenges of finding assistance, both in terms of care and living arrangements.
One of the key areas that is brought up in the podcast is the diagnosis, the way in which it was delivered and what post-diagnostic care and support both Rick and Lynne received. If you’d like to learn more about finding support after diagnosis, we’d encourage you to visit Forward with Dementia.
Lynne also shares with Colm about her role as Rick’s full-time carer and experiences of living with someone with FTD, the sources of support she has relied on and her journey to accessing specialist disability accommodation.
If you’d like to hear more about our Talking Dementia series and more about post diagnostic care we’d love for you to have a listen of one of our previous episodes, Talking Dementia: Diagnosis and Post-Diagnostic Care.
Additional resources and support services
The Association for Frontotemporal Degeneration (US)
Alzheimer’s Research UK (living with frontotemporal dementia)
Alzheimer’s Disease International (Details of your local support associations)
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Intermission Announcement
In this episode Colm shares the future plans for the podcast including a new seasonal format and an intermission period.
#Savethedate for September when the Dementia Podcast will be back with weekly episodes. To stay up to date on our progress follow us @Dementia_Centre on twitter and check in our website dementiacentre.com.
We always want to hear your ideas and feedback and as our Dementia Podcast production team are in planning mode for our first seasonal format, there has never been a better time to share with us your ideas! If you have any stories about your own experiences about dementia, please reach out to us at [email protected].
Thanks again and bye for a little while!
The Dementia Podcast - Talking Arts: What is Arts Engagement?
Transcript
Hello to you, it's fantastic to have you listening again to the Dementia Podcast. I'm your host, Colm Cunningham back here in Sydney, Australia. And it's my pleasure to be looking at arts and their benefits in relation to dementia care. And to do that, I'm in conversation with Michelle Heldon. Michelle is the Arts and Dementia Coordinator at the Museum of Contemporary Art here in Australia. She also is a lead artist for Arts Engagement at H
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