ART THERAPY FOR Alzheimer’s disease & dementia
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ART THERAPY FOR Alzheimer’s ART THERAPY FOR Alzheimer’s disease & dementiadisease & dementia
Charles A. Sourby MS Ed. HTR/CTRS 11/11/2006
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Key WordsKey Words
Dementia of the Alzheimer’s type Memory LossSafety & Supervision
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ALZHEIMER’S DISEASEALZHEIMER’S DISEASE
Alzheimer's disease is a progressive form of dementia that causes an impairment of intellectual functioning
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ALZHEIMER’S DISEASEALZHEIMER’S DISEASE
Patients have difficulties with decision making, judgment, attention span, memory loss, swallowing, speaking & recognizing close family members
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ALZHEIMER’S DISEASEALZHEIMER’S DISEASE
Early in the disease process, patients present deficits in executive functioning: such as performing tasks involving multiple steps like balancing a checkbook or preparing a meal
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ALZHEIMER’S DISEASEALZHEIMER’S DISEASE
Some individuals show personality changes or increased irritability.
In the middle and later stages psychotic symptoms are common.
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ALZHEIMER’S DISEASEALZHEIMER’S DISEASE
Patients tend to develop incontinence, gait and motor disturbances, eventually becoming mute and bedridden.
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SYMPTOMSSYMPTOMS Frontal Lobe: Irrational Parietal Lobe: Disoriented Occipital: Can't recognize people/objects Brain Stem: Sleep-Disturbed Temporal Lobe: Tongue-Tied Hippocampus: Forgetful Amygdala: Moody
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Improving Quality of LifeImproving Quality of Life
Art Therapy Fosters social interaction CognitionCreative expression
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Presenting ProblemsPresenting Problems Decreased
attention span
Increased wandering & agitation
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Art TherapyArt Therapy
•Uses creative expression as a source of growth and sustenance
•Is a “language of communication”
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Art TherapyArt Therapy
Helps those who are unable to express their thoughts with words via creative expression through art
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Art TherapyArt Therapy
A process which fosters attention, spontaneity and originality of expression
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Art Therapy ActivitiesArt Therapy Activities Foam sculpture
Jackson Pollack
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Art Therapy ActivitiesArt Therapy Activities Paper Mache’
Bracelets
Decorating Bracelets
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Art Therapy ActivitiesArt Therapy Activities ‘Mandala’ Painting
ILAC Cards
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Art Therapy ActivitiesArt Therapy Activities Travel Collage
Color Experiments
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Art Therapy ActivitiesArt Therapy Activities Stamp Painting
Painting Shells
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Art Therapy ActivitiesArt Therapy Activities
Art Samples: note the
stereotypic scribbles
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• Stimulates active participation
Facilitates creative expression in people who are nonverbal or have deficits in communication skills
Art TherapyArt Therapy
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Art TherapyArt Therapy
– Provides the opportunity for experiences – Motivates learning in all domains of
functioning
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Art TherapyArt Therapy
– Provides experiences not otherwise available to them
– Creates the opportunity for positive,
successful and pleasurable social activity
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Art TherapyArt Therapy
– Increases the ability to use energy purposefully, reduces mal-adaptive behaviors
Self Portrait of artist William Utermohlen, an American diagnosed Alzheimer’s in 1995
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Art TherapyArt Therapy
– Increases interaction with peers & others
– Increases independence & self-direction
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Art TherapyArt Therapy
– Reflects self-image & body awareness
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Stimulates creativity and imagination
Fosters memories
Art TherapyArt Therapy
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CONCLUSIONCONCLUSION Alzheimer’s disease is progressive. Art
Therapy helps maintain a sense of dignity, purpose, and self direction through creative expression and socialization.
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