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Art-in-healthcare is seen as a service adjunct
to long term care, mental health and medicine. It is an effective attachment
in detention centers, community living associations, families with Dementia
/ Alzheimer's Disease, and addiction treatment.
Art-in-healthcare dovetails effectively with Recreation or "Activities" programs and with a qualified art therapy program. Art-in-healthcare is not art therapy but a hybrid of a studio art practice - delivered in group form or on a 1:1 basis - with the goal of pleasure for the participant. Art-in-healthcare provides an increased sense of well being that can balance a sense of loss. The process is more important that the product. Where participants require therapy, art-in-healthcare must be delivered together with trained therapists or medical personnel. Caution -- No person, however sensitive, should deliver this kind of work without sufficient training -- as participants in untrained programs can be left at risk to themselves and to their community. Potential participants should be wary and ask for evidence of recognized qualifications. |
