Therapeutic teaching artistry: Towards a wellness model for enhancing vitality in older adults

Autor:	Andrew M. Gaines
Rok vydání:	2021
Předmět:	Complementary and Manual Therapy Gerontology 030506 rehabilitation 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Visual Arts and Performing Arts 0305 other medical science Vitality Psychology 030217 neurology & neurosurgery
Zdroj:	Drama Therapy Review. 7:95-113
ISSN:	2054-7676 2054-7668
DOI:	10.1386/dtr_00063_1
Popis:	This qualitative case study examined how the therapeutic aspects of drama teaching artistry was conceptualized at an urban lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender (LGBT) senior centre by observing and/or participating in 31 creative arts education sessions and conducting two focus groups with the centre’s older adult members. Additionally, 34 semi-structured interviews were held with the centre’s teaching artists (TAs), older adults and administrators. Using constructivist grounded theory, emergent themes led to two primary findings: (1) the conceptual category therapeutic teaching artistry articulated how TAs’ practices promoted health and wellness; and (2) a provisional major concept Being Alive captured how members’ quality of life were perceived to be enhanced by the creative arts education programming. Beyond facilitating reminiscence, preventing decline or merely stimulating older adults, TAs helped older adults internalize a greater sense of agency, affirm their own humanity and improve vitality without unethically conducting creative arts therapy.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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