A sequence of workshops and excursions for individuals with dementia and their carers on the Kunstmuseum Den Haag (Artwork Museum The Hague) within the Netherlands, goals to make use of artwork as a method of connection.
The “Kunstconnectie” (Artwork Connection) programme, which launches on 28 June, includes six specifically educated museum guides working occasions on the final Friday afternoon of every month.
“The gorgeous factor about artwork is that it usually works in your feelings and, crucially, dementia doesn’t have an effect on the guts,” says Maaike Staffhorst, a spokesperson for the museum.
“Your feelings don’t get dementia. Individuals with dementia nonetheless have emotions they usually may give a way of fulfilment: ‘I really feel one thing and I can discuss it.’”
Every month’s occasion will deal with a distinct theme resembling color, nature and clothes. Guides will method chosen works within the Fashionable artwork museum and use them to spark dialog, reminiscences and emotion.
“For the carer, this brings a degree of equality too,” Staffhorst says. “You may discuss the identical factor, you possibly can each add one thing and that is very enriching for everybody.”
The programme was impressed by The Museum of Fashionable Artwork (MoMA) in New York’s Alzheimer’s Challenge and entry occasions resembling Meet Me at MoMA. It’s a part of a sequence of efforts within the Netherlands, which is dwelling to an ageing inhabitants, to enhance services and consciousness round Alzheimer’s illness—a standard reason for dementia.
“For a while, we’ve got seen that extra individuals and in addition youthful individuals are dwelling with dementia and on the Kunstmuseum we wish to be there for everybody,” Staffhorst says. “Artwork offers you one thing to carry on to.”
• Artwork Connection, Kunstmuseum Den Haag, from 28 June
