I Remember Better When I Paint

Hat tip Cathy Malchiodi (via the Art Therapy Alliance on Facebook) and Alzheimer’s Weekly:

The Ethics of Disclosure

Via Althouse:

“I think we are going to go through a really tough time…We have so much information now, and we have to try to learn as a culture what information we do not want to have.”

Art Links Montreal

From Pascale Godbout, a Montreal based art therapist with the Alzheimer’s Society of Canada:

Inspired from the program in New York, Meet me at MoMA, last fall we started a pilot project of monthly visits adapted for people with Alzheimer’s and their caregivers, at the Musée des beaux arts de Montréal (Montreal museum of fine arts). The program consists of a one hour visit to the museum and a one hour art making workshop. The project was developed with Amanda Beattie, who is specializes in art and museum education and partnerships, as well with the program Musée en Partage. It’s wonderful to have a partnership with the cultural community, and all the educators involved.

To view the May 2010 invitation in English click here. To view the invitation in French, click here.

Alzheimer’s Society of Montreal

Pascale Godbout is offering free weekly art therapy groups, conducted in French and English respectively, for both caregivers and people living with Alzheimer’s disease.

For more information check out this flyer.

GPS Shoes for Alzheimer’s

A new technology is being developed to help those with Alzheimer’s disease, who are at risk for wandering. GTX corp is working on GPS shoes that would track the exact location of a loved one whose cognitive impairments make it likely that they would become confused or get lost if they were out and about on their own.

What a brilliant idea! As someone who knows all too well the experience of having a much loved grandmother wander off in a public area, this product can’t come out soon enough.