Creative Ageing
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Parkinson’s and dance: Melanie Brierley’s story
Story | By Melanie Brierley | Gathering practitioner and participant perceptions of dance for people with Parkinson's | 2014Dance practitioner Melanie Brierley travelled to the USA in 2014 and 2015 to research the benefits of dance and movement for people with Parkinson’s disease. Her...
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Video: "It's taken me in a direction I didn't anticipate"
Watch reminiscence specialist Pam Schweitzer talk about her Churchill Fellowship researching reminiscence and arts for older people with dementia, and the impact her...
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Reminiscence and arts for older people in Japan
Pam Schweitzer, from Blackheath, is Director of the European Reminiscence Network and an Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Greenwich. Pam travelled to Japan...
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Chris Avis' Story
Story | By Chris Avis | Connecting communities, curating and exhibiting artwork of the "Third Age" | 2013Chris Avis travelled to Denmark, Germany and the Netherlands in 2013 to research attitudes to ageing in the arts.
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Creative Ageing Fellows' Story Collection
Read more about some of our Fellows' achievements in this area.
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Filipa Pereira-Stubbs’ Story
Story | By Filipa Pereira-Stubbs | Moving from Problem to Potential: Dance and Wellness in the US | 2014Filipa Pereira-Stubbs travelled to the USA in 2014 to learn about dance programmes for older people.
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Kerry Rooney’s Story
Kerry Rooney’s 2014 Fellowship saw him travel to the USA to meet with organisations and professionals involved in the area of arts for older people.
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Comparison of activity provision and the arts for older people
Sylvie Silver, from Woking, is director of the charity National Activity Providers Association (NAPA). She will be travelling to Australia and the USA to research arts...
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Arts based interventions for early stage dementia: an American perspective
Amy Veale, a research development manager from Belfast, will be travelling to Canada and the USA to research arts-based interventions for people with early stage dementia.
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Professional and creative development for writers working with older people
Gemma Seltzer, a writer from London, travelled to the USA and Australia to explore professional and creative development for writers working with older people.
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Art Therapy: digital devices, tablet computers, palliative care, chronic illness
The aim of my Fellowship was to gain knowledge of digital art therapy to benefit interventions in palliative care, and in training art therapists in the UK. Interviews...
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Artists' engagement with life story work in nursing homes
Caroline Twist, an activities co-ordinator from Sheffield, will be travelling to Brazil and Germany, amongst other countries, to investigate the role of the artist in a...
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Photography and storytelling: people with early stage dementia's experiences explored
Alison Ward is a researcher at the University of Northampton. She will be travelling to Denmark to explore the experiences of people with early stage dementia, through...
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Arts & Older People: Exploring the Value of Creative Expression'
Laura Menzies, an arts facilitator from Falmouth, will be travelling to the USA to study exemplary practice in multi-disciplinary community arts projects with older people.
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Gallery and Beyond: training to transform arts for older adults
This report explores how museums can inspire creativity and build exceptional arts programmes for people in later life and highlights how this momentum can be sustained...
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Arts in a state of change
Kate Organ, a freelance arts management adviser from Smethwick, travelled to Japan to investigate arts in a state of change.
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Gathering practitioner and participant perceptions of dance for people with Parkinson's
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Creating together: connecting people with dementia, families, communities and theatre
My aim when applying for the Churchill fellowship was to explore the role of creativity ...
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Exploring evaluative and research models used to assess the impact of creativity on older people
Sylvie Fourcin visited participatory art projects in the US and Canada to seek examples of methods of arts engagement that are successful in enriching the lives of older...