Partners in Arts Participation
Partners in Arts Participation
Shepherds Path Senior Housing will collaborate with COMPAS to provide engaging artistic opportunities for older adults with dementia, and staff, to improve the residents' quality of life.
Ardell Brede: Mayor of Rochester, elected 2002.; Peggy Burnet: Businesswoman, art collector, and community volunteer. Member of the Smithsonian National Board. Former chair of the board, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. Officer at Large, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Uri Camarena: Business consultant, Metropolitan Economic Development Association. Board chair, Minneapolis College of Art and Design.; Michael Charron: Dean of the School of the Arts, Saint Mary?s University of Minnesota. Vice Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Rebecca Davis-Lee: Touring pianist, piano and music theory teacher. Vice Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Sean Dowse, Former executive director, Sheldon Theatre. Board member for Minnesota Citizens for the Arts. Secretary/Treasurer, Minnesota State Arts Board.; David Glenn: Ceramic artist. former executive director of the Minnesota Project.; Thomas Moss: Consultant to nonprofits and government agencies. Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board; Janice Sivertson: Gallery owner and visual artist; Dobson West: Senior advisor, Spell Capital Partners Fund; Christina Widdess: Arts organization consultant; former managing director, Penumbra Theatre
William Adams: Public policy consultant; community leader of Kaddatz Galleries creation; Lydia Four Horns: General manager of the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community Cultural Center; Annie Henderson: Owner, Citywide Appraisals, Forager Brewery, and Kutzky Market; cofounder C4: Concerned Citizens for a Creative Community; Jennifer Lang: Violinist; music teacher at Saint Paul Conservatory of Music and the French American School of Minneapolis; Rebecca Timm: Executive director, Nokomis East Neighborhood Association; Lori Williams: Corporate and foundation relations gift officer, Hamline University
ACHF Arts Access
The older adults with dementia will have increased quality of life and decreased behaviors by participating in the visual arts programming. By utilizing the Observed Emotion Rating scale which provides a way to observe the participant's reaction to the program. This scale will give direct observations of participants' behavioral responses. 2: Increase in musical programming for older adults with dementia. Evaluation completed on participants at the event by length of stay, attentive participating, how many times did they attend and how physically involved were they.
Older adults with dementia experienced increased quality of life and decreased behaviors by participating in visual and literary arts programming. Staff and specially trained volunteers used the Observed Emotion Rating (OER) scale, which tracked emotional responses to activities throughout the activities, and made extensive qualitative notes for each participant at each session. 2: Increase in musical programming for older adults with dementia. We recorded participants' attendance, length of stay at sessions and events, attentiveness, willingness to participate, and level of physical involvement to track increase in musical programming.
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