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A conversation with Arts & Minds, which offers art-centered programs for older adults with memory loss—and their caregivers.   Elliot Heath Columbia Spectator Video spotlight Interview with Arts & Minds Executive Director, Carolyn Halpin-Healy Author: Elysian Koglmeier Reference: Artwork Archive Link: www.artworkarchive.com/blog/art-builds-bridges-across-the-isolation-of-dementia  Arts & Minds executive director and co-founder, Carolyn Halpin-Healy, leads a close-looking session with Arts & Minds participants in a museum gallery. Image credit: Fran Kaufman Let's begin with a story…Arts & Minds executive director and co-founder, Carolyn Halpin-Healy, vividly describes an impactful experience from an arts and dementia program she facilitated while at The Metropolitan Museum of Art: “I brought a group of adults with dementia and their caregivers to a painting, Jean-François Millet’s Haystacks: Autumn, where there are gigantic grainstacks, a village on the periphery, a dynamic sky. We explored it slowly.
Arts & Minds President James M. Noble, MD is quoted in Neurology Today Author: Jamie Talan Reference: NeurologyToday Link: journals.lww.com/neurotodayonline/Fulltext/2023/02160/Acute_Infections_That_Lead_to_Hospitalization.  "Diabetes and smoking cause low-grade inflammation over a long period of time, but we don't know the effects of acute inflammation response. This study lends support to the role of chronic and systemic inflammation that leads to the expression of Alzherimer's and other cognitive problems." – Dr. James M. Noble ARTICLE IN BRIEF:
Protecting themselves from common infections and seeking treatment early if they do get sick could help patients avoid infections that may raise their risk of developing dementia. People with a viral or bacterial infection severe enough to require hospitalization are at almost twice the risk of developing dementia years, and even decades, down the road, according to a new study published Jan. 9 in JAMA Network Open. Author: Quia Bethea Reference: Pipeline Artists Link: pipelineartists.com/the-impact-of-arts-and-minds-the-bilingual-art-program-dedicated-to-people-living-with-dementia-and-their-carers/  For many people, art is the perfect vehicle of self-expression, which provides an outlet for creativity, emotional stimulation, and individuality—and the non-profit organization, Arts and Minds, has developed bilingual English and Spanish art programs for people with dementia and their carers. In this interview, Carolyn Halpin-Healy, Executive Director of Arts & Minds, highlights the high impact of art…
Digital Resources and online programs (like Arts & Minds) expand museums' reach Author: Deborah Howes, Howes Studio, Inc. Reference: American Alliance of Museums  As you build bridges with communities, consider using digital tools In the 2022 AAM TrendsWatch, author Elizabeth Merritt proposes a new way of thinking about our institutional value not as museums, per se, but as “big bundles of assets that make their communities better, stronger, and more resilient.” I wholeheartedly agree with this entire mustread report, but I also expect this change in mindset will be difficult for most museums to plan for, let alone carry out. Click the download button below to read more.
Author: Hillary Murtha Reference: Brain & Life: Wellness  During the pandemic, Arts & Minds moved its program online. Patients review art with caregivers and then create their own work. Singing, dancing, listening to music, and painting are powerful tools for engaging patients with neurologic conditions and even alleviating symptoms. Visual and performing arts also can be used to raise awareness and educate the public about neurologic disorders, research has shown. Click the download button below to read more. Just Us program, started with the help of Arts & Minds, thriving since 2017 Author: Angela Haupt Reference: DCist Link: https://dcist.com/story/20/02/07/for-people-with-memory-loss-this-national-gallery-of-art-tour-is-good-for-the-soul-and-good-for-the-brain  Participants at a past “Just Us” program at the National Gallery of Art. On an unseasonably warm Monday in February, a dozen people with memory loss and their caregivers entered the National Gallery of Art and were transported to the tundra. There was snow; there was ice. There needed to be a hot-chocolate stand, one person said—or a wine bar.
Arts & Minds educator Hollie Ecker travels to Kentucky to help start program for people with dementia and their caregivers Author: Kate Snyder Reference: The Advocate Messenger Link: www.amnews.com/2020/01/20/art-center-of-the-bluegrass-hosts-training-on-art-and-dementia/  The Art Center of the Bluegrass (ACB) hosted a regional training Jan. 13-14 on how arts programs can positively impact adults with dementia and their care-partners. The two-day training was facilitated by Hollie Ecker, a representative of the Arts and Minds organization in New York City, and attended by ACB staff and volunteers, along with professionals from regional senior care facilities including McDowell Place and Morning Pointe of Danville, Louisville and Franklin, Indiana.
Author: Rebecca Voelker Reference: Journal of the American Medical Association - News & Perspectives Link: jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract/2732049  Maybe never before had a rendition of “Take Me Out to the Ball Game” had more meaning for Alyssa Vigliotti. As a first-year student at the Penn State College of Medicine, she launched a research project to evaluate whether a creative storytelling program had benefits for people with dementia. Called TimeSlips, the program uses pictures that prompt participants to create stories about the image. Or, in this case, break into song.
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