Performance and Dementia

Represents the first scholarly book to be written about theatre and dementia
Explores how artists engage with the care community in a way which is reciprocal and responsive

Identifies the cultural role of the arts in dementia care beyond therapeutic outcomes

Explores the challenges and opportunties of making performance in care homes Considers how artists engage with the care community in a way which is reciprocal and responsive Identifies the cultural role of the arts in dementia care beyond therapeutic outcomes

Autorentext

Nicky Hatton is a theatre practitioner and researcher who specialises in performance and health. Her current research explores care as a critical and creative concern in participatory performance. She has worked extensively in health and care settings and has over 12 years' experience of leading community performance projects. She is a lecturer in Drama at York St John University, UK, and a fellow of the Winston Churchill Memorial Trust.

Inhalt

1. Introduction: Performance, Creativity and Care.- Part I. A Cultural Response.- 2. A Cultural Response to Dementia: Moving Beyond the Wellbeing Agenda.- 3. Performative Responses and Dementia-Friendly Theatre.- 4. A Relational Approach to Dementia Care.- Part II. Performance and the Care Environment.- 5.'A Poetics of Sound': Towards an Aural Re-imagining of a Care Home Dining Room.- 6. Negotiating Space through Taste.- 7. Taking Care: A Methodology for Collaboration.- 8. A Caring Effect.- 9. Conclusion.