Art Therapy in Dementia Care: Toward Neurologically Informed, Evidence-Based Practice

Abstract

Art therapy appears to be well positioned to assist people with dementia in improving their psychological well-being and quality of life because of its ability to address neuropsychiatric symptoms and to circumvent declining cognitive and verbal capacities. However, despite increased interest in nonpharmacological approaches to the care of people with Alzheimer’s disease and dementia, art therapy research in this area is still greatly needed. Neurologically informed art therapy offers the potential to overcome historical limitations in the direction of evidence-based practice.

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Elena Guseva

 Elena Guseva is an art therapist and research assistant at Donald Berman Maimonides Geriatric Centre, Centre for Research in Aging, in Montreal, Quebec and in doctoral studies at McGill University.