Image shown: Between spirit and skin

This paper presents three artists’ residencies in a geriatric medicine unit in a teaching hospital. The aim of the residencies was the creation of new work of high artistic quality reflecting the lived experience of the person with dementia and greater understanding of service user experience of living with dementia. This paper also explores arts-based research methodologies in a medical setting.

Author:
Desmond O'Neill, Hilary Moss

Publisher:
SAGE Journals

Year:
2017

Context:
Arts and health, dementia

Artform:
Dance, Music, Participatory arts, Visual Art

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