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How the Arts and Humanities Can Help Older Persons with Dementia and Their Caregivers Be More Resilient

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The original chapter (with contributions by MacArthur Fellowship Awardee Anne Basting, geriatrician Jerald Winakur, and art historian Francesca Rosenberg) emanated from the Humanities and Arts Symposium presented at the Gerontological Society of America’s 62nd Annual Scientific Meeting in Atlanta, GA, November 2009. In this new version, three of the original contributors—Robert Roush, Michelle Braun, and Susan McFadden—are joined by Kate de Medeiros in exploring how various art forms help persons with dementia and their caregivers cope with that circumstance.

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  1. Department of Medicine and Huffington Center on Aging, Baylor College of Medicine, One Baylor Plaza, MS230, Houston, TX, 77030, USA

    Robert E. Roush

  2. 4824 W Woodland Dr, Franklin, WI, 53132, USA

    Michelle Braun

  3. 1908 N. Birchwood Ave., Appleton, WI, 54914, USA

    Susan H. McFadden

  4. 195 Hunter Woods Drive, Oxford, OH, 45056, USA

    Kate de Medeiros

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Roush, R.E., Braun, M., McFadden, S.H., de Medeiros, K. (2018). How the Arts and Humanities Can Help Older Persons with Dementia and Their Caregivers Be More Resilient. In: Resnick, B., Gwyther, L., Roberto, K. (eds) Resilience in Aging. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-04555-5_7

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