Art Therapy

Views:
 
Category: Entertainment
     
 

Presentation Description

No description available

Comments

By: limacia (16 month(s) ago)

I like it

By: csourby (46 month(s) ago)

That is provided me with permission.

By: csourby (47 month(s) ago)

Jill Cotten procided much of the Art from her "Memories In The Making Program" I obtained her permission to use the art and concepts being presented.

By: csourby (48 month(s) ago)

I found these images on line for the whole world to download. I do not recall any strings attached to the images. Still, I am seeking permission for their use.

By: angelc (48 month(s) ago)

There is a painting on this PP created through the program I direct at the Alzheimer's Association. The MIM logo is also being used. Permission to use these images and identify where they came from needs to be sought. Angel Duncan

Presentation Transcript

ART THERAPY FOR Alzheimer’s disease & dementia: 

ART THERAPY FOR Alzheimer’s disease & dementia Charles A. Sourby MS Ed. HTR/CTRS 11/11/2006

Key Words: 

Key Words Dementia of the Alzheimer’s type Memory Loss Safety & Supervision

ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE: 

ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE Alzheimer's disease is a progressive form of dementia that causes an impairment of intellectual functioning

ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE: 

ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE Patients have difficulties with decision making, judgment, attention span, memory loss, swallowing, speaking & recognizing close family members

ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE: 

ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE Early in the disease process, patients present deficits in executive functioning: such as performing tasks involving multiple steps like balancing a checkbook or preparing a meal

ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE: 

ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE Some individuals show personality changes or increased irritability. In the middle and later stages psychotic symptoms are common.

ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE: 

ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE Patients tend to develop incontinence, gait and motor disturbances, eventually becoming mute and bedridden.

SYMPTOMS: 

SYMPTOMS Frontal Lobe: Irrational Parietal Lobe: Disoriented Occipital: Can't recognize people/objects Brain Stem: Sleep-Disturbed Temporal Lobe: Tongue-Tied Hippocampus: Forgetful Amygdala: Moody

Improving Quality of Life: 

Improving Quality of Life Art Therapy Fosters social interaction Cognition Creative expression

Presenting Problems: 

Presenting Problems Decreased attention span Increased wandering & agitation

Art Therapy : 

Art Therapy Uses creative expression as a source of growth and sustenance Is a “language of communication”

Art Therapy : 

Art Therapy Helps those who are unable to express their thoughts with words via creative expression through art

Art Therapy : 

Art Therapy A process which fosters attention, spontaneity and originality of expression

Art Therapy Activities: 

Art Therapy Activities Foam sculpture Jackson Pollack

Art Therapy Activities: 

Art Therapy Activities Paper Mache’ Bracelets Decorating Bracelets

Art Therapy Activities: 

Art Therapy Activities ‘Mandala’ Painting ILAC Cards

Art Therapy Activities: 

Art Therapy Activities Travel Collage Color Experiments

Art Therapy Activities: 

Art Therapy Activities Stamp Painting Painting Shells

Art Therapy Activities: 

Art Therapy Activities Art Samples: note the stereotypic scribbles

Slide21: 

Stimulates active participation Facilitates creative expression in people who are nonverbal or have deficits in communication skills Art Therapy

Art Therapy : 

Art Therapy Provides the opportunity for experiences Motivates learning in all domains of functioning

Art Therapy : 

Art Therapy Provides experiences not otherwise available to them Creates the opportunity for positive, successful and pleasurable social activity

Art Therapy : 

Art Therapy Increases the ability to use energy purposefully, reduces mal-adaptive behaviors Self Portrait of artist William Utermohlen, an American diagnosed Alzheimer’s in 1995

Art Therapy : 

Art Therapy Increases interaction with peers & others Increases independence & self-direction

Art Therapy: 

Art Therapy Reflects self-image & body awareness

Art Therapy : 

Stimulates creativity and imagination Fosters memories Art Therapy

CONCLUSION: 

CONCLUSION Alzheimer’s disease is progressive. Art Therapy helps maintain a sense of dignity, purpose, and self direction through creative expression and socialization. http://www.alz.org/ FOR MORE INFO...