I’m so excited for the March 30- April 1st Creativity Matters: Health, Wellness and the Arts Symposium coordinated by the National Center for Creative Aging. I’ll be doing an all-day TimeSlips Creative Storytelling training workshop at the Iona Senior Center on Monday the 30th. On the 31st, there’s a knock-out line up of folks presenting [...]
Archive for February, 2009
Creativity and Dementia in DC!
Posted in art, cultural phenom, disability, public education, tagged arts and dementia, creativity matters, Meet Me At MoMA, national center for creative aging, NCCA, TimeSlips on February 23, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Are social, challenging activities enough?
Posted in art, disability, public education, science of memory on February 18, 2009 | 3 Comments »
There is a swirl of research out there now…and it’s confusing. On the one hand, there is a growing body of research that suggests that social, creative activities help stave off memory loss. This article for example, suggests that activities like quilting, pottery and computer games reduce the effects of memory loss. Logic would have [...]
Brain Training a Bust?
Posted in cultural phenom, medicine, science of memory, tagged cognitive exercise, cognitive fitness on February 11, 2009 | 5 Comments »
There’s been lots of hype about cognitive fitness, with a slew of computer games and programs comign out to help older people train their brains. They hint that cognitive fitness can delay or prevent the onset of dementia. But this article suggests that the computer programs don’t have any more effect than doing a crossword [...]
New documentary wrestles with memory loss
Posted in Uncategorized on February 11, 2009 | Comments Off
There’s a new documentary film by Rick Minnich called Forgetting Dad, in which a filmmaker plays detective to better understand what happened 16 years before, when his father lost his memory. Was it the car accident? Was it something else? Learn more…
Intriguing Dance Project
Posted in art, cultural phenom, tagged alzheimer's, dance, dementia, Hosue of Mind, memory loss, Pat Graney on February 6, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Seattle-based Pat Graney Company has created the House of Mind, a site-specific dance that wrestles with how memories are formed and how they dissolve. The piece features interviews with Graney’s mother, recently diagnosed with early stages of Alzheimer’s. Oh to fly to Seattle to see it!
