Carolyn Halpin-Healy (2017) Arte, Individuo Y Sociedad Carolyn Halpin-Healy on her experience as Co-Founder and Executive Director of Arts & Minds in conversation with art education scholar Sara Torres
Carolyn Halpin-Healy (2017) Journal of Museum Education Arts & Minds programs aim to promote well-being for people with dementia and their care partners. Educators must balance the needs of participants with the given conditions of display in the museum.
Carolyn Halpin-Healy (2015) Museum and Society Research is beginning to document the impact of museums on the cognitive and emotional health of people with dementia (PWD) and those who care for them. At the Studio Museum in Harlem, Arts & Minds programs have created a dynamic learning environment for the very forgetful through dialogic interpretation of art and expressive art making.
Hollie Ecker & Sarah Mostow (2015) Journal of Museum Education Arts & Minds teaching artists discuss their approach to art making workshops for children. This approach has been adapted and modified for adult participants at Arts & Minds to great success.
H. J. Roberts and J. M. Noble, MD (2015) Neurology Medical students’ comfort level working with dementia is poorly understood, and may impact subsequent experiences with patients and caregivers. Early experiences that take place in a non-medical setting may allow students to gain a more comprehensive understanding of quality of life and disease management in everyday life.
Marcia D. Childress and Donna Chen, MD (2015) Neurology Roberts and Noble add to a growing consensus about the value of museum-based arts activities in medical education. Such activities may positively influence students’ formation as compassionate, clinically adept physicians able to care for persons whose diagnoses, dispositions, and dire prognoses may be difficult to bear.
H. J. Roberts and J. M. Noble, MD (2014) American Academy of Neurology, Poster Session Participating in non-clinical, museum-based experiences alongside patients with dementia and their caregivers improves medical student attitudes towards dementia.
H.J. Roberts, C. Halpin-Healy, R. McGinnis, and J.M. Nobel, MD American Academy of Neurology, Poster Session Art-centered experiences may improve caregiver burden and well-being. We study the potential impact of art-centered museum based programs on caregiver burden and patient apathy.