Creatively Living with Dementia: An Art Therapist’s Perspective
Right at Home Boston Metro West along with Maplewood at Weston and One Wingate Residences at Needham, present:
Creatively living with dementia: An Art Therapist’s Perspective
Having a Loved One living with a dementia diagnosis is life-changing. It can often leave families feeling overwhelmed, lost and not informed enough to handle moments of crisis. There are many emotions for the families, and most importantly that person living with dementia. Creative outlets, like art therapy can be beneficial for families and the person living with dementia to creatively express and enhance their quality of life.
This program is a great opportunity for a health-care professional to discover how families can newly engage their Loved One from a creative, person-centered perspective. In this program you will learn about creative flow, when to engage someone living with dementia and when to let them keep going. Learn what levels of support a person living with dementia really needs and how we can make small adjustments with color to enhance their lives.
A great way to engage someone living with dementia is through images. In this session you will also start your own image catalogue for the next time you are working with clients. Come to this program with a magazine, scissors and black or blank paper. This presentation will take place on Wednesday, March 10th from 4:15 PM to 5:30 PM.
At the completion of the presentation you will:
- Describe what adding the arts to the life of someone living with dementia can and can’t do.
- Summarize the distinction, value and support of 1:1 art therapy for someone living with dementia.
- Identify moments of creative flow, how to encourage and how to engage it.
This will be the third Zoom Virtual CE Presentation of 2021!!!
If you would like to attend this presentation, please RSVP no later than Monday, March 1st at 5pm to Bob@rahbostonmetro.com. You will need to include your name, email, phone, SW/RN and license number to be eligible to register and qualify for the 1 SW CE and 1 RN Contact Hour. Once registered, you will receive an "official" Zoom invite the day prior to the presentation that will include the meeting ID and password to join.
Please feel free to pass this invitation along to any RNs, SWs, CMs, etc...that you may know!
Creatively living with dementia: An Art Therapist’s Perspective
- Presenter: Erica Curcio, Registered Art Therapist, CDP, LMHC
- Date: Wednesday, March 10th, 2021
- Time: 4:15pm - 5:30pm est
- Where: Virtual Zoom Meeting
- RSVP to Bob DePeron no later than Monday, March 1st at 5pm. bob@rahbostonmetro.com
- We will need your name, email, phone, SW/RN and license number to register
And this is still just for SWs, RNs, CMs and GCMs so there is no marketing or networking going on – just a very nice “virtual” venue for learning! Attendees can obtain 1 SW CE and 1 RN Contact Hour.
About the Presenter:
Erica Curcio is a Registered Art Therapist and Licensed Mental Health Counselor (Lesley University, M.A. in Clinical Mental Health Counseling) that specializes in working with persons living with dementia and their Care Partners. She works both privately, (in client's homes and virtually) as well as at Goddard House Assisted Living as their full-time Community Art Therapist. Her Art Therapy sessions focus on encouraging confidence, enhancing quality of life and fostering new connections to persons living with dementia and their family members.
Guidelines for on-line learning (sorry but these are the rules):
• After the presentation you will receive a link to an on-line evaluation form and a post-test which you must complete in order to receive your certificate (via email).
• You must be in the presentation room no later than five minutes after the start or you will not gain entrance.
• If you leave the zoom presentation you will not be allowed back in (unless technical issue).
