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.
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WHAT YOU'LL LEARN
How to build a professional, feasible activity calendar that encourages resident engagement and wows your residents' families
- How to build amazing Life Stations
- Dos and Don'ts when it comes to baby dolls and pets
- How to engage your care staff in programming so it's sustainable for the entire team
- Where to find the best dementia care products
- And much more!
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
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
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Curriculum
- How to Implement Watercolor Painting (4:43)
- STORY: Not for everyone (3:47)
- Hands-On Training Part 1 (7:47)
- Hands-On Training Part 2 (7:43)
- "How do we know if a group member has dementia?" (3:11)
- Hand-Over-Hand Technique (1:14)
- Adaptations For Different Groups (12:40)
- Hearing and Visual Impairments
- STORY: Dealing with Outbursts (4:14)