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Tuesday Nov 02, 2021
Tuesday Nov 02, 2021
In this new episode of our Arts & Dementia series, Lisa Loiselle and special co-host Cynthia Huling Hummel, speak with couple Lynda Everman and Don Wendorf about the importance of the expressive arts in self-care. Don describes expressive arts are esthetic or artsy that have the power to prompt emotions, to allow for an expression of emotions or an emotional reaction, to prompt memories and associations and allow some participation and sharing of that kind of experience with other people. It can be anything artistic like music, visual arts, writing and poetry. For Linda Everman, it is fabric arts like quilting and making stoles. Linda describes how the stole initiative began and how it has evolved into the writing of a book. For Don and Cynthia, music has allowed each of them to express themselves but also connect with others. Cynthia, Lynda and Don also speak about the enjoyment they get from their respective arts endeavours and how that has allowed them to continue to live well as a person with dementia and as care partners.
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