Museum programs for Alzheimer’s patients show the power of art as therapy
Alzheimer’s patients’ engagement with art allows:
• An opportunity for personal growth.
• An exchange of ideas without relying on short-term memory.
• Opportunity to access long-term memories.
• New insight into others’ ideas and interests.
• A means to make connections between individual experience and the world at large.
• A social setting that allows connection to one’s peers.
• A respite, both physically and psychologically.