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Improving Memory through Creativity

A Professional's Guide to Culturally Sensitive Cognitive Training with Older Adults
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Creativity stimulates older adults both mentally and emotionally and has numerous cognitive and social benefits. Providing culturally-sensitive strategies for improving memory through creativity, this timely book outlines innovative techniques and gives essential insight into effective clinical work in a world with an increasing number of diverse older adults and incidences of Alzheimer's disease. Amanda Alders Pike clearly explains how to structure sessions and use artistic creativity to improve memory, mood and socialization. She covers everything from how to introduce art materials and techniques, to how to enhance cross-cultural interaction. Graphs, charts, and tables illustrate how artistic creativity can parallel cognitive training to provide optimal benefits to a wide audience of older adults, and accompanying online material is provided for use in sessions and workshops.
1. Identity and Self-Expression across the Life Span and the Effects on Memory. 2. The Effect of Happiness and Creativity on the Brain. 3.Connecting Culture and Communication through Art. 4. Cognitive Training through Creative Self-Expression. 5. Beyond the Book: Using Art toUnderstand the Older Adult Mind. 6. Materials for Enhanced Community Collaboration.
The use of graphs, photographs, charts, art work of participating older people make this book accessible, user friendly and a joy to read.
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