
RESEARCH &
RESOURCES
Radical Connections’ Research
Impact of an artist-in-residence program in a complex continuing care hospital: a quality improvement investigation July 2021
Contact us for a copy of the full documentUnmasked Connections: Piloting Virtual Interactive Artist Performances in Healthcare — A Feasibility Study, Rebecca McDonald, July 2023
Quality of Life
Art and wellness: The importance of art for Aboriginal Peoples' health and healing
What is the evidence on the role of the arts in improving health and well-being? A scoping review. 2019 World Health Organization
Intercultural and Intergenerational Projects very full & rich site touching many cultures, approaches, media.
When Art is the Best Medicine, Leah Sandals, 2019 in Culture Days ON
Dementia & the Arts
Dementia & Imagination research study including an Art Gallery Intervention for stimulus to create something new
Interior with Knitting Woman_Issachar Ber Ryback., 1917. Yiddish avant-garde, Soviet Union
Grief & Existential Distress
Visual & Craft Arts
Arousing Curiosity: When Hospital Art Transcends Onsite “looking”, discussion & imagining
Music
How the brain responds to Music, article with interactive elements from University of Central Florida
Room 217 Foundation, a social enterprise using music to change the culture of care
Renee Fleming, Micky Hart, and Zakir Hussain: Music that Heals, PBS
Variations on a theme, Rozalyn Chok, Canadian Medical Association Journal, 2021. Includes a link to the author’s performance.
Writing & Telling Stories
Arts Reminiscence at Carefor Carling Adult Day program, Ottawa, Canada pictorial life story books and dramatic action
Intercultural and Intergenerational Projects very full & rich site based on stories of elders from many cultures
AGING WELL PROJECT & Elders’ Digital Storytelling Research Project both @ Simon Fraser University
Facilitating intergenerational storytelling for older adults in the nursing home: A case study
Theatre
Dementia – involving patients and their caregivers in a drama programme: the caregivers' experiences International Voice of Nursing Research, Theory & Practice
The Cultural Value of Older People’s Experiences of Theater-making: A Review