Getting to the 'art' of dementia: UC researchers highlight benefits of art intervention

Description

University of Canberra researchers have shown that art gallery programs can improve the wellbeing of people living with dementia – and they’ve backed it up by testing study participants’ saliva.

Published in the Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease, the UC study monitored new participants of the National Gallery of Australia’s (NGA) Art and Dementia program over six weeks. The NGA program has been running for more than 12 years and has demonstrated anecdotal and observational benefits, now backed up by UC research.

Link:

https://www.news-medical.net/news/20191204/UC-study-highlights-benefits-of-art-intervention-for-people-with-dementia.aspx

Subject

Art; Physiology