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P2‐521: A JOURNEY OF SELF PROCLAMATION THROUGH MUSEUM TOURS AND EXPRESSIVE ART THERAPY: BRIDGING THE GAP BETWEEN SOCIETY AND ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE
Author(s) -
Duncan Angel C.,
Huebner Berna
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
alzheimer's and dementia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 6.713
H-Index - 118
eISSN - 1552-5279
pISSN - 1552-5260
DOI - 10.1016/j.jalz.2018.06.1215
Subject(s) - creativity , proclamation , art therapy , psychology , the arts , cognition , identity (music) , psychotherapist , aesthetics , visual arts , social psychology , psychiatry , art , political science , law
part of the BATL curriculum, promoting personal reflection on their own experiences with older adults, family members and PWD. In addition, students were able to translate the embodied experience to help them communicate and work effectively with PWD as they went through the BATL activities. More extensive research is needed to measure the impact of the VR experience on the quality of students’ interactions with PWD andmay allow the extrapolation of positive results to broaden the use of VR simulation in any service learning experience related to aging and dementia, as well as for staff training in both acute and long-term care facilities. Revision of data collection methods, followed by expansion and repetition of the VR simulation for further investigation are planned for Fall 2018 in both Alabama and Chicago.