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Poetry in dementia care
— overcoming the challenges | | Author(s) | Helen Gregory, Karen Hayes, Viv Jones, Simon Opher |
| Journal title | Journal of Dementia Care, vol 20, no 2, March/April 2012 |
| Publisher | Hawker Publications, March/April 2012 |
| Pages | pp 20-23 |
| Source | www.careinfo.org |
| Keywords | Dementia ; Memory and Reminiscence ; Communication ; Poetry ; Projects ; Evaluation. |
| Annotation | This article refers to Try to Remember, an intervention consisting of reminiscence sessions (and including poetry) for people with dementia. The project was run by a the GP, a project coordinator, a poet and a researcher, each of whom writes about the individual difficulties faced. The authors share the challenges and frustrations, with the aim of encouraging others who are engaged in arts-based work with people with dementia. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-130322237 A |
| Classmark | EA: DB: U: HK6: 3E: 4C |
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