Get Therapeutic Art Certified
Dementia By Day and Artfully Aging teamed up to create this course for program directors, artists, senior living volunteers, or anyone who wants to learn more about bringing art and experiences into senior living.
Get 2.5 CEUs from NCCAP for completing this course!
PLEASE NOTE: Any certificate, certification, credential, or program-completion recognition is provided solely by the hosting organization and is not issued, endorsed, or administered by NCCAP. NCCAP recognition applies only to the approved continuing education (CE) hours. Professionals participating in the course are doing so solely to earn CE hours; participation does not result in NCCAP certification.
Engage residents in art
Feel confident working with older adults and engaging them in fun, hands-on art projects.
Develop your skills for adapting to different groups
Be able to adapt quickly and efficiently when meeting the needs of different individuals!
Better understand dementia
Learn more about dementia and dementia caregiving to enhance how you're engaging with individuals living with cognitive impairments.
"As someone who works in memory care communities, this program exceeded every expectation. Rachael and Mary Beth provide personal insights and real-life experiences that truly equip you to lead a therapeutic art program. I encourage you to take this course whether you want to become a specialist or for anyone interested in bringing therapeutic art and its many benefits to senior living."
- Ann Flory
WHAT YOU'LL LEARN
- How to lead a therapeutic art program for older adults
- How to adapt to different cognitive levels and physical needs
- What dementia is and how to recognize if a group member needs more help
- The many benefits of art engagement
- The meaning of therapeutic art
Curriculum
WHO BUILT THIS COURSE?
Meet Rachael and the Dementia By Day team
Dementia By Day is a dementia care consulting firm that was developed in 2014 by Rachael Wonderlin. Rachael is an internationally-recognized dementia care expert and educator. She has a Master’s in Gerontology and is a Johns Hopkins University Press three-time published author.
While Dementia By Day works primarily with senior living companies looking to build or better their dementia care programs, they also love educating dementia care partners through their blog, podcast, and YouTube channel.
Rachael has been featured in Senior Housing News, The Washington Post, Forbes and on PBS Next Avenue. Her “16 Things I’d Want If I Got Dementia” poem has circulated the globe many times over.
WHO BUILT THIS COURSE?
Meet Mary Beth and the Artfully Aging team
Mary Beth Flynn received a degree in Human and Environmental Sciences from the University of Missouri in 1981. For many years, while raising children, she worked as a commercial designer, a professional watercolor house portrait artist and a Home Care caregiver.
Artfully Aging was founded in 2009. It was through having an extensive art background, experience working with seniors and a desire to contribute to society that Mary Beth’s vision for Artfully Aging emerged. Having served the St. Louis senior community for over sixteen years Artfully Aging has brought watercolor art programming to countless senior living communities. In the face of the recent pandemic Artfully Aging pivoted to find a way to continue serving communities without going into them
The course was very thorough & insightful, covering various situations and scenarios beginners might not even think about! This definitely would have been helpful to have when I first started using Artfully Aging with my clients.
- Gabriella Yurevich