Unit 5: Creative Ageing - Opportunities and Outlook

12.0 Further Engagement

Inter-generational experiences of dementia (2018) Alzheimer Scotland [Online] Available at Dementia in Scotland.

Find out more about the work of Maggie Ellis by:

- Hearing about her project work Dementia Friendly St Andrews.

- Reading some of her research on a new communication technique which helps people with Dementia.

Brash, Bärbel and Warnecke, Sylvia (2009), ‘Shedding the ego: Drama-based role-play and identity in distance language tuition’. Language Learning Journal, 37(1) pp. 99–109.

Sauer, A. (2014) ‘5 Reasons Why Music Boosts Brain Activity’, Alzheimers.net [Online] https://www.alzheimers.net/why-music-boosts-brain-activity-in-dementia-patients

Dementia and the policy landscape in Scotland: Publications by the Scottish Government around Dementia http://www2.gov.scot/Topics/Health/Policy/Dementia

Read up about Scotland’s National Dementia Strategy since 2010 on the Alzheimer Scotland website https://www.alzscot.org/campaigning/national_dementia_strategy

Find out more about Joan Miro the artist and his works.