• Dementia (London) · Mar 2014

    Psychological effects of poetry workshops with people with early stage dementia: an exploratory study.

    • Ioana Petrescu, Kit MacFarlane, and Robert Ranzijn.
    • University of South Australia, Australia.
    • Dementia (London). 2014 Mar 1;13(2):207-15.

    ObjectiveThe aim of this study was to test the effectiveness of writing poetry on psychological functioning in people with early stage dementia.MethodA series of poetry writing workshops was conducted with four women, at the end of which a one-on-one short structured interview was conducted.ResultsAll of the women said that they benefited from the workshops, but their experiences differed greatly. Themes included competence and self-efficacy, personal growth, wanting to contribute and poetry writing as a way of coping with the progression of the condition.ConclusionCreative activities such as writing poetry hold promise for enhancing the quality of life of people with dementia.

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