Poetry as a means of (re)creating satisfying levels of personhood and social integration for Alzheimer's sufferers: method discussion and outcomes
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2016
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Petrescu, I.
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Riby, L.
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Source details - Title: Handbook of gerontology research methods, 2016 / Riby, L. (ed./s), Ch.12, pp.223-331
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This chapter examines novel interventions that may capitalise on creative abilities in the elderly. Creative activities such as poetry are evaluated for their utility for enhancing quality of life in the elderly and those individuals with dementia. The focus in the chapter is the evaluation of six poetry workshops conducted by the group that resulted in the writing of successful poetry by Alzheimer's sufferers in an early intervention group. The accomplishment was exceptional with the work of the group subsequently collected and published in a volume. Furthermore, the participants were actively involved in the poetry writing workshops and were proud of their poetry-writing achievements and publication. Overall, the work demonstrated the utility of such interventions in successful ageing programmes and the experience was reported to have a positive influence on the sense of self as persons and writers with dementia.
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