ArticleJournal of Alzheimer's disease reports2021
Creative Art Therapy as a Non-Pharmacological Intervention for Dementia: A Systematic Review.
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- Anishinaabe healthy brain aging: traditional knowledge teachings represented in works of art.The Gerontologist · 2025Article
- Using Principles of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to Treat Anxiety in Parkinson's Disease.Movement disorders clinical practice · 2025Review
- Beauty in the shadow of neurodegenerative disease: a narrative review on aesthetic experience, neural mechanisms, and therapeutic frontiers.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2025Review
- Study on the needs of the older adults with dementia in care institutions based on a hierarchical interaction model: a case study of an institution in Hangzhou, China.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Implementation of an Arts at Home program for people living with dementia: Learnings from key stakeholders.Health promotion journal of Australia : official journal of Australian Association of Health Promotion Professionals · 2025Article
- Growing empathy through art therapy, life story, and relationships: experiential learning in adult day services.Frontiers in psychology · 2024Article
- Effects of a music therapy and music listening intervention for nursing home residents with dementia: a randomized controlled trial.Frontiers in medicine · 2024Article
- Film as cooperative endeavour: The promises for people living with dementia, their relatives, caregivers and aged care staff.Dementia (London, England) · 2023Article
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- Arts therapies for mental disorders in COVID-19 patients: a comprehensive review.Frontiers in public health · 2023Review
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- [Importance of psychotherapeutically oriented treatment procedures in geriatric psychiatry and psychotherapy].Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie · 2021Review
- Non-Medical Activities in Dementia Care in Germany: Use and Experienced Effects.Journal of primary care & community healthArticle
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Abstract
backgroundNon-pharmacological therapies have been shown to be effective in managing challenging behavior in people with dementia. However, the efficacy of art therapy has yet to be determined.
objectiveIn the present systematic review, we evaluate the efficacy of art therapy as a non-pharmacological intervention for dementia and examine whether art therapy improves wellbeing and quality of life while decreasing biological and psychological symptoms of dementia (BPSD).
methodsResearch undertaken between 2015 and 2020 was examined and a total of seventeen studies met the specified search criteria, with 853 participants (657 people with dementia, 180 formal and informal carers, and 16 volunteers) involved.
resultsWe identified four outcome domains: wellbeing, quality of life, BPSD, and cognitive function. One or more significant outcomes as having an impact on the efficacy of the intervention were reported in 88% (15/17) of the studies, whereas 17% (3/17) demonstrated significant outcomes across quality of life, wellbeing, and BPSD.
conclusionPeople with dementia benefit from art therapy. These interventions when incorporating elements of being 'in the moment' increase opportunities for communication between people with dementia and their caregiver(s) and facilitate person-centered therapeutic activities.
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