Leading figures in the field of music for dementia will speak at the launch of Arts 4 Dementia’s report Music Reawakening: Musicianship and Access for Early to Mid Stage Dementia - The Way Forward which presents wide-ranging musical projects as rehabilitation for people affected by dementia and proposes the integration of artistic stimulation, especially music, into the Dementia Care Pathway from diagnosis.
Aberdeenshire Council Arts Development in partnership with Alzheimer Scotland has published a hands on guide to activities for carers and people with early to middle stage dementia written in a recipe format, with an activity for every week of the year.
Activities include gardening, arts and crafts, writing, trips and games, and music and song. The overall aim is to improve wellbeing and self-esteem, help with cognition and rural isolation, and simply have fun together.
HRH Princess Anne will attend the preview night for the 28th annual Art for Youth London exhibition on Monday 5 October 2015 at the Mall Galleries, London. The Art for Youth London exhibition raises funds to supporting the work of UK Youth.
The exhibition is free to attend and runs from 6 to 9 October.
'Re:Form' is the official opening of the 2015 Koestler Awards, the national showcase of arts by prisoners, offenders on community sentences, secure psychiatric patients and immigration detainees. Working alongside Southbank Centre exhibition hosts, to welcome visitors and invigilate the exhibition, are ex-offenders, specially recruited, trained and employed by the Koestler Trust.
Paintings in Hospitals invite you to enjoy and experience new products at their first ever pop up shop at the Menier Gallery from 18:00 on Thursday 03 September. The products – ranging from notebooks and colouring books to cards and pillow cases – will be available online from 3 September.
NHS England has launched a new programme to encourage local hospitals to work together, sharing back office administration and management between different sites.
Outside In has launched an online shop offering artworks from across the country by artists who have traditionally been excluded from the arts world – often as a result of ill health or disability.
The 2015 Big Draw has launched with the theme this year of Every Drawing Tells a Story.
The annual event will run through October and is now open for people to register – with over 1,000 expected to take part this year. The theme was launched in a short film with Big Draw patron Andrew Marr discussing his relationship with drawing and particularly his drawing hero Henri Matisse.
PRN Magazine is a new publication for nurses exploring culture, wellbeing and lifestyle.
It is an online publication with features and analysis exploring representations of nursing in the media and artistic responses to the challenges of nursing, along with illustration, photography and design.
The Margaret Butterworth Care Home Forum is hosting the launch of a new book Dementia, Culture and Ethnicity, as part of its quarterly programme of events exploring issues in dementia care.
