Family Caregivers Are Getting a Break — and Extra Coaching
Museum programs, like Arts & Minds and Just Us at the National Gallery, contribute to caregiver well-beingAuthor: Mindy...
Tisch Fund Gives $10 Million to Initiative for Arts and Mental Health
Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund launches ground-breaking arts and health initiative to increase access to...
Engaging With Well-C hosen Artworks Shifts the Focus From Clinical Symptoms to Positive Well-Being
Reference: Halpin-Healy, C., 2017. Well-chosen objects support well-being for people with dementia and their care...
Art Education Scholar Sarah Torres-Vega Interviews Arts & Minds Co-Founder and Executive Director, Carolyn Halpin-Healy
Reference: Torres-Vega, S., 2017. Carolyn Halpin-Healy on her experience as Co-Founder and Executive Director of...
This National Gallery of Art Program Helps People With Memory Loss ‘Connect With Who They Were’
Author: Tara BahrampourReference: The Washington Post Link: www.washingtonpost.com/news/inspired-life/wp/2017/05/04/this-national-gallery-of-art-program-helps-people-with-memory-loss-connect-with-who-they-were Over the decades that Marie and Bill Fanning raised five children in...
Resources
Navigating Life With Dementia
Arts & Minds co-founder and neurologist James M. Noble MD, offers you and your family ways to successfully face the challenges presented by life with Alzheimer’s disease and other dementia in his book Navigating Life with Dementia.
Fran Kaufman Photographs
Photographer and great friend of Arts & Minds Fran Kaufman, documents the changes in their marriage as she and husband Bob cope with dementia. Her beautiful photos speak volumes. ”Every day brings new challenges, new photos, ways of trying to adapt.“
Jazz Artist Helen Sung
Acclaimed jazz pianist and composer Helen Sung is a great supporter of Arts & Minds programming. We partnered with her to create Rhythm & Reason during which you are invited to move to the music and learn a bit about how music affects our brains and bodies.