The theoretical part of the study presents the key findings about dementia; the problems faced by a person with dementia; how dementia influences the performance of activities of daily living; and what dementia means for the people living with the afflicted person.
Furthermore, it presents art therapy media that can help people with dementia to recall personal stories or memories and have a beneficial impact on their mood and self-initiative.
Activation, self-initiative and the highest possible level of self-care are the basic goals of occupational therapy.
The empirical part is a qualitative case study with an analysis of a person with dementia during a process of eight meetings using art therapy media within an individual therapeutic process as a follow-up to the occupational therapy process.
One key finding of the research is that elemnst of art therapy can be important in activating and self-initiating a person with dementia and can make a significant contribution to the recall of personal stories and memories.
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