Creative Dementia Practice Handbook

Maria Parsons is the Chief Executive of Creative Dementia Arts Network (CDAN). She has written widely about dementia care and presented at conferences all over the world. Maria was a member of the editorial group of the Journal of Dementia Care for twenty-one years and continues to serve on the Advisory Group. She lives in Bristol. Richard Coaten is a registered dance movement psychotherapist (RDMP) with the Association for Dance Movement Psychotherapy and is a national and international specialist in non-verbal, movement and dance-based practices with people living with dementia. He is on the editorial board of the peer-reviewed international journal Dementia and sits on the Board of the Creative Dementia Arts Network. He lives in West Yorkshire.

• ForewordCo Editors PrefaceSection 1: Practising WellChapter 1 Creativity in arts, health and dementiaChapter 2 Reflecting on good practice in creative arts and dementiaSECTION 2 CREATIVE ARTS PRACTICEChapter 3 A creative conversation about arts and memoryChapter 4 Song writing with people living with dementiaChapter 5 The artful carer: building communities of care through dance and somatic movement education with people living with Parkinson's and their caregiversChapter 6 Creating and Sharing PoetryChapter 7 Maggie May - co-creating a play about adapting to life with dementiaChapter 8 House of MemoriesChapter 9 Creative arts in care homesChapter 10 Creative Arts in HospitalsChapter 11 Moving Kinship with Dementia: A Feminist More-than-Human PracticeChapter 12 Still Climbing Mountains - a conversation on creativity, aspiration and living with dementiaChapter 13 Social Prescribing of creative arts for older peopleSection 3 Informing, Developing and SupportingChapter 14 Developing the creative health workforceChapter 15 Support for Creative PractitionersCHAPTER 16 Research and evaluationChapter 17 The working lives of freelance creative health practitioners: rewards and challenges.Chapter 18: Working with people living with dementia: creative arts practice in the next decade and beyond

The Creative Dementia Practice Handbook is a milestone in arts engagement for people living with dementia. Drawing on decades of experience, the authors have distilled academic evidence, lived experience and the professional practice of many artists and therapists who lead this field. Wide ranging, wise and passionate, this book is essential for anyone practicing in the increasingly important field of creative dementia.