Dementia – Learning More - A Reading List
This resource has been collated by Arts 4 Dementia. More information
can be found at: http://www.arts4dementia.org.uk/resources
Abraham, Ruth, When Words Have Lost Their Meaning: Alzheimer’s Patients
Communicate Through Art, Abingdon, Greenwood Press, 2004, hardcover and
ebook.
Aldridge, David, Music Therapy in Dementia Care, London, Jessica Kingsley
Publishers, 2000, paperback.
Basting, Anne Davis, Forget Memory: Creating Better Lives for People with
Dementia, London, The John Hopkins University Press, 2009, pbk and ebook.
Bazan, Salazar, Alzheimer’s Activities That Stimulate the Mind, London, McGraw-Hill,
2005, pbk and ebook.
Bryden, Christine, Dancing with Dementia: My Story of Living Positively with
Dementia, London, Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2005, pbk and ebook.
Buchalter, Susan I., Art Therapy and Creative Coping Techniques for Older Adults
(Arts Therapies), London, Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2011, pbk.
Dowling, James R., Keeping Busy: A Handbook of Activities for Persons with
Dementia, London, The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1995, pbk and ebook.
Frohlich, David M., Audiophotography: Bringing photos to life with sounds (Computer
Supported Cooperative Work), London, Springer, 2004, pbk and ebook.
Hayes, Jill and Povey, Sarah, The Creative Arts in Dementia Care: Practical Personcentred Approaches and Ideas, London, Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2010, pbk and
ebook.
Innes, Anthea and Kasayka, Roseann E., Healing Arts Therapies and Personcentred Dementia Care (Bradford Dementia Group Good Practice Guides), London,
Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2001, pbk and ebook.
Killick, John and Craig, Claire, Creativity and Communication in Persons with
Dementia: A Practical Guide, London, Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2011, pbk.
Killick, John, Dementia Diary, London, Hawker Publications, 2008, pbk.
Killick, John, You Are Words, London, Hawker Publications, 1997, pbk.
Lee, Hilary and Adams, Trevor, Creative Approaches in Dementia Care, Hampshire,
Palgrave Macmillan, 2011, pbk.
Madori, Linda Levin, Transcending Dementia Through the Ttap Method: A New
Psychology of Art, Brain and Cognition, Baltimore, Health Professions Press, 2011,
pbk.
Moniz-Cook, Esme, Early Psychosocial Interventions in Dementia: Evidence-based
Practice, London, Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2008, pbk and ebook.
Rio, Robin, Connecting Through Music with People with Dementia: A Guide for
Caregivers, London, Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2009, pbk and ebook.
Sacks, Oliver, Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain, London, Picador, 2008,
pbk.
Schweitzer, Pam and Bruce, Errollyn, Remembering Yesterday, Caring Today:
Reminiscence in Dementia Care- A Guide to Good Practice (Bradford Dementia
Group Good Practice Guides), London, Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2008, pbk.
Schweitzer, Pam, Reminiscence Theatre: Making Theatre from Memories, London,
Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2006, pbk and ebook.
Stewart, Ellen Grenne, Kaleidoscope… Color and Form Illuminate Darkness: An
Exploration of Art Therapy and Exercises for Patients with Dementia, Chicago,
Magnolia Street Publishers, 2006, pbk.
Thomas, Vernada, Therapeutic Art Activities For Alzheimer’s/Dementia Patients,
Dartford, Xlibris Corporation, 2008, pbk and ebook.
Thomas, Vernada, Therapeutic Art Activities For Alzheimer’s/Dementia Patients: 2,
Dartford, Xlibris Corporation, 2008, pbk.
Waller, Diane, Arts Therapies and Progressive Illness: Nameless Dread, Oxford,
Routledge, 2002, pbk and ebook.
Weisberg, Naisa and Wilder, Rosilyn, Expressive Arts with Elders: A Resource,
London, Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2001, pbk and ebook.
Zeisel, John, I’m Still Here, London, Piatkus Books, 2011, pbk and ebook.
Zoutewelle, Sarah, Chocolate Rain: 100 Ideas for a Creative Approach to Activities in
Dementia Care, London, Hawker Publications Ltd, 2011, pbk.
Articles, Studies
Algar, Katherine, Salisbury, Katie and Windle, Gill, ‘Arts programmes and quality of
life for people with dementia – a review’, in Journal of Dementia Care, London,
Hawker Publications, 2011, Vol. 19/3, p. 33-37.
Allan, Kate and Killick, John, ‘’A licence to be free’: changing the way we see
dementia’, in Journal of Dementia Care, 2009, Vol. 17/5, p. 30-31.
Badsha, Kartar, ‘I think, therefore I am an expert on my dementia’, in Journal of
Dementia Care, 2011, Vol. 19/1, p. 28-29.
Benson, Sue , ‘Music, Dance, Drama and Play’, in Journal of Dementia Care, 2009,
Vol. 17/1, p. 8.
Clark, Katie, ‘Poems for life’, in Journal of Dementia Care, 2010, Vol. 18/5, p. 14-15.
De Bono, Norman, ‘Neuroscientist touts arts as way to stave off dementia’, in London
Free Press, London, London Free Press, 2010.
http://www.ifpress.com/news/london/2010/11/03/15950816.html. Professor Charles
DeCarli of University of California claims that living a creative life is also important for
defending against dementia.
Elliott, Jenny, Grant, David and Maroison, Sue, ‘Creative Ageing: A Practical
Exploration of the Arts in the Healthcare of Older People’, Belfast, Chagning Ageing
Partnership, 2010.
Fordham, Kathy, Hill, Vicky and Wynn-Jones, Freya, ‘‘A whole month of pleasure’making music on the South Downs’, in Journal of Dementia Care, 2010, Vol. 18/4, p.
28-30.
Frearson, Annabel, ‘Live Music Now: Meaningful Moments Evaluation’, London, Live
Music Now, 2009.
Greenland, Penny, ‘Dance: five-minute love affairs’, in Journal of Dementia Care,
2009, Vol. 17/1, p. 30-31.
Heathcote, Jane, ‘Life story work in practice: magic moments’, in Journal of Dementia
Care, 2010, Vol. 18/3, p. 23-24.
Hebron, Damian, ‘Arts and dementia: first steps to national coordination’, in Journal
of Dementia Care, 2010, Vol. 18/3, p. 31.
Heymanson, Cynthia, ‘Linking hands in circle dance’, in Journal of Dementia Care,
2009, Vol. 17/1, p. 13-14.
Hill, Heather and Newman-Bluestein, Donna, ‘Movement as the medium for
connection, empathy, playfulness’, in Journal of Dementia Care, 2010, Vol. 18/5, p.
24-27.
Hong, Chia Swee and Hibberd, Jane M., ‘Museum outreach: making memory boxes’,
in Journal of Dementia Care, 2009, Vol. 17/1, p. 16-17.
Howard, Susanna, ‘Safe on a calm shore’, in Journal of Dementia Care, 2009, Vol.
17/5, p. 21.
Killick, John, ‘Stimming! In Stuttgart’, in Journal of Dementia Care, 2010, Vol. 18/3, p.
15.
Knocker, Sally, ‘Music in the Air’, in Journal of Dementia Care, 2010, Vol. 18/2, p.
11.
Milwain, Elizabeth, ‘The brain and person-centred care: Making sense of the
paradoxes of dementia’, in Journal of Dementia Care, 2010, Vol. 18/1, p. 23-25.
Milwain, Elizabeth, ‘The brain and person-centred care: Division of function across
the cerebral cortex-what it means for people with dementia’, in Journal of Dementia
Care, 2010, Vol. 18/2, p. 23-28.
Milwain, Elizabeth, ‘The brain and person-centred care: A deeper look at emotion in
dementia’, in Journal of Dementia Care, 2010, Vol. 18/4, p. 20-23.
Parsons, Maria, ‘Ageing Creatively’, in Journal of Dementia Care, 2011, Vol. 19/1, p.
17.
Read, Kerrie and Woods, Sue, ‘A day out with their mates’, in Journal of Dementia
Care, 2010, Vol. 18/3, p. 10.
Rogers, Rachel, ‘Dance for all’, in Journal of Dementia Care, 2011, Vol. 19/2, p. 12.
Sherratt, Chris, ‘Lighting Up: lessons learned in establishing an arts project’, in
Journal of Dementia Care, 2010, Vol. 18/6, p. 22-24.
Stokes, Graham, ‘Extending empathy’, in Journal of Dementia Care, 2010, Vol. 18/2,
p. 5.
Wood, Stuart, ‘Musical connections’, in Journal of Dementia Care, 2010, Vol. 18/4, p.
5.
Zoutewelle-Morris, Sarah, ‘Creative encounters: applying skills learned from the arts’,
in Journal of Dementia Care, 2009, Vol. 17/5, p. 32-34.
Zoutewelle-Morris, Sarah, ‘“Imagine you are the ocean"’, in Journal of Dementia
Care, 2010, Vol. 18/6, pg. 20-21.
Arts 4 Dementia is grateful to Mackenzie Bedford of the University of California at
Berkeley for the compilation of these resources.