BLOGS

Oliver Senton is moving into the second half of his first residency. When we learn to do this work, our values around ‘making sense’ and ‘understanding’ can be challenged. Oliver’s taking on of this challenge has been remarkable throughout the project so far.   Last week we started reading to the other members of the group…

This piece by Susanna Howard features in the Futurelearn course: Dementia and the Arts: Sharing Practice, Developing Understanding and Enhancing Lives.  Created by Created Out of Mind & UCL.  Still time to sign up, here. Challenges of engaging people with advanced dementia in arts-based practices Written by Susanna Howard, Founder & Artistic Director of Living…

 Zoe Aldrich is in the midst of her second training residency with Living Words.  Zoe’s integrity and embrace of the Living Words’ ethos is exceptional.  In this blog, we find her being a bit hard on herself.  This can occur when we are in the centre of residency and know the impact our work can…

Here is the first blog from new Living Words writer in training, Anil Sebastian. I’m on day 1 of week 3 of my Living Words training residency working with people with advanced dementias. I continue to feel deeply affected by the work (and sometimes overwhelmed!). I found a note in my note book from our training that said… *This…

Excerpts from the personal journal of new Living Words writer in training, Oliver Senton Week One …A fascinating and challenging couple of days. I was very trepidatious (a long word, but not as loaded as ‘worried’) about going into the home. I felt, feel, a weight of responsibility to deal with all the people I…

Taken from FutureLearn online course, The Arts and Dementia, which features Living Words and other best practice and insight across the sector. Inspiring the artist Written by Shazea Quraishi, Poet and Living Words artist This account provides an insight into the artist’s perspective of what they have learned working with people living with a dementia.…