Art and Social Work: an intervention programme for transforming society’s vision to include people with early-onset dementia and Alzheimer’s

  • Lorena López Méndez Universidad Complutense de Madrid, España Personal investigador
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Keywords: art, Social Work, early-onset dementia, empowerment, artistic-educational activities.
Agencies: Beca Predoctoral PIRTU (ORDEN EDU/1204/2010, de 26 de Agosto), financiada por la Junta de Castilla y León y el Fondo Social Europeo

Abstract

This paper presents a program centred on arts and education as tools in social work for the inclusion of people with earlyonset dementia and Alzheimer’s. The objective of the programme is to eradicate the stigma and myths associated with the disease.

The program is part of the Junta de Castilla y León and the European Social Fund’s ARS Project (Arte y Salud Alzheimer; Alzheimer’s Art & Health). The programme presents a series of evaluated artistic and educational activities that can be undertaken by people in the early stages of Alzheimer’s disease and that can also be used by caregivers and family when working with this group of people, with the aim of improving their wellbeing, self-esteem and quality of life.

Author Biography

Lorena López Méndez, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, España Personal investigador
Doctoranda en Bellas Artes Universidad Complutense. Ha sido personal investigador en el Departamento de Psicología Social y Antropología de la Universidad de Salamanca.
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Published
2016-01-07
How to Cite
López Méndez, L. (2016). Art and Social Work: an intervention programme for transforming society’s vision to include people with early-onset dementia and Alzheimer’s. Cuadernos de Trabajo Social, 29(1), 51-61. https://doi.org/10.5209/rev_CUTS.2016.v29.n1.49148
Issue
Vol. 29 No. 1 (2016): Arte y Trabajo Social
Section
Monograph

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