Art in Healthcare’s vision is ‘Art for every healthcare setting in Scotland’ and their mission is to use visual art to improve health and wellbeing.
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Resources
Creative Writes
Creative Writes run Read Aloud groups and creative writing sessions in care homes in the London area.
They are currently working on Only Connect, an Arts in Care Homes project linking up care homes with community pen pal partners to swap letters and poems.
Social Care Institute for Excellence
SCIE, NAPA
Written in association with NAPA, the SCIE website has a dedicated page aimed at encouraging participation in the arts for people living in care homes.
Packed full of information about a wide range of arts activities including creative writing, visual arts, dance, using puppets, sculpture, music, pottery, digital arts, gardening and everyday creativity.
Magic Me
Magic Me is an arts charity that brings the generations together.
Watch a short film about Magic Me’s Cocktails in Care Homes project.
NAPA (National Activity Providers Association)
NAPA is an umbrella organisation aimed at anyone with an interest in activities in the care sector. 2019 is the NAPA Year of The Arts. NAPA also holds an annual conference and offer regular training opportunities.
Armchair Gallery
Imagine
App with special features for people living with dementia. Armchair Gallery includes instructions for doing tried-and-tested creative activities. Discover, play & create with your favourite artists. Colour a Canaletto, create your own Hepworth, take a selfie with Lowry and much, much more…
NAPA, National Activity Providers Association
NAPA is an expert in providing activities for people in care settings. NAPA staff and trainers are all experienced in the care industry, specifically in activity provision. To find available courses:
Entelechy Arts
Arts organisation based in Lewisham specialising in arts for older people. Entelechy and Meet Me at The Albany are holding Age Against the Machine, Festival of Creative Ageing, 13 September – 6 October.
Entelechy are running an event as part of National Day of Arts in Care Homes: A 21st Century Tea Dance at Alexander Care. Also look out for The Home: a 48-hour immersive experience which explores the care home as a place of reinvention and possibility.
Treasury of arts activities for older people
Liz Postlethwaite, The Baring Foundation
Publication, compiling 50 accessible arts activities, for use in any setting with older people. See online copy.
Equal Arts
Equal Arts work to improve the lives of older people through creativity and arts activities around the country provide creative opportunities to help improve people’s wellbeing.
Find out more about Creative Age an initiative leading the way in dementia-friendly arts sessions and Hen Power giving residents access to animals and nature.
Museum of Liverpool
Museum of Liverpool has helped developed the House of Memories App and associated activities, resources and dementia training.
My House of Memories
Arts in Care Homes
My House of Memories App allows you to explore objects from the past and share memories together. Take the time to sit with a resident and explore and play.
Designed for and with people living with dementia and their carers.