tdfuru=Susan Using old calendars with flowers or pictures from magazines you can help residents trace general shapes for a great picture. Even people with limited awareness can hold a brush and be assisted in creating a masterpiece...from acrylics to water colors a vase full of flowers or some large blooms are very colorful and really fulfilling to the residents sense of accomplishment...they can be framed and hung on a wall. Residents entered their works of art in the County fair art show. They got a free ticket to the fair with their entry. They got a wonderful outing, to see their work on display, and several won ribbons. Not bad for a group that had never painted before. Digital photos can be take of the art and can be printed or copied in color on card stock to create origional note cards to sell or share with family and friends.
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Dementia and Art
Started by tdfuru, Mar 09 2009 10:11 PM
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Posted 11 March 2009 - 03:39 PM
How do you keep them on track. My dementia patients can barely remember from moment to moment how to daily task.
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Posted 14 March 2009 - 07:49 PM
I usually split my groups up so that they are very small, have 2-3 art clubs with just a few residents at any time that way you can do cuing or hand over hand help, or mirroring. each aactivity lasts 15-30 mins but most of my residents are not going to do something for 30 mins.
