Dementia Arts Research

Alzheimer’s disease and other types of dementia take a toll on women within our communities. Not only are women more likely to develop dementia themselves, but they make up two thirds of all dementia caregivers. The predominant reason for women experiencing dementia...

While health equity and cultural humility have been important conversations in recent years, there continues to be disparities in the way memory loss diseases impact the black community. Research shows that Alzheimer’s disease disproportionately affects minorities in America.

found that a well-structured series of arts therapy interventions – including drawing, painting, ceramics, reminiscence, and group interactions – reduced anxiety, depression and loneliness, improved quality of life, and showed a trend toward improved cognitive function and language over the course of the intervention.

Art therapy has the advantage of stimulating people at the sensory level, engaging them through intact centers of the brain, the visual cortex for example, and provides a non-verbal avenue for self-expression.

Research Studies Find Improved Quality-of-Life from Arts Programming Art therapy research has shown that non-pharmaceutical therapies such as visual art-making have a positive impact on neuropsychiatric symptoms and quality of life in people with Alzheimer’s disease.1...