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Care staff and the creative arts: exploring the context of involving care personnel in arts interventions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 September 2017

Emma Broome Open the ORCID record for Emma Broome [Opens in a new window] ,
Tom Dening ,
Justine Schneider  and
Dawn Brooker
Emma Broome*
Affiliation:
Division of Psychiatry and Applied Psychology, University of Nottingham, Institute of Mental Health, Jubilee Campus, Nottingham, UK
Tom Dening
Affiliation:
Division of Psychiatry and Applied Psychology, University of Nottingham, Institute of Mental Health, Jubilee Campus, Nottingham, UK
Justine Schneider
Affiliation:
School of Sociology and Social Policy, University of Nottingham, Institute of Mental Health, Jubilee Campus, Nottingham, UK
Dawn Brooker
Affiliation:
Association for Dementia Studies, Institute of Health and Society, St Johns Campus, University of Worcester, Worcester, UK
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: Emma Broome, Division of Psychiatry and Applied Psychology, University of Nottingham, Institute of Mental Health, Jubilee Campus, Triumph Road Nottingham, NG7 2TU Nottingham, UK. Phone: 0115 748 4098; ext 84219. Email: [email protected].
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Abstract

Background:

Arts-based interventions play an important role in the care of people with dementia. Yet, creative arts are seldom implemented as a tool to enhance the care and wellbeing of people with dementia.

Methods:

We examined the involvement of care staff in creative arts activities in residential care. Aspects of involvement that appear to influence outcomes in people with dementia were identified and analyzed. A broad systematic literature search of MedLine, EMBASE, PsychInfo, CINAHL, ASSIA, SCOPUS, and Web of Science led to the identification of 14 papers. The studies identified through the search process were examined in terms of intervention, context, mechanism and outcome, and the relationships between these aspects.

Results:

Training sessions were identified as an opportunity to educate care personnel on useful techniques that are relevant to daily care practice. Evidence from the literature suggests that creative arts programs play a significant role in the way staff and residents interact and as a result influence the care practice of staff. Under certain conditions creative arts programs, that involve and engage staff, facilitate enhanced interactions and improve care strategies, which leads to the recognition and validation of personhood in residents with dementia.

Conclusions:

These findings provide a basis for illustrating which elements of care staff involvement in creative arts programs could be implemented in residential care contexts in order to have the upmost benefit.

Keywords

dementiaAlzheimer's diseasepsychosocial interventionsresidential facilities
Type
Review Article
Information
International Psychogeriatrics , Volume 29 , Issue 12 , December 2017 , pp. 1979 - 1991
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Copyright © International Psychogeriatric Association 2017 

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