Thursday March 20th @ 9:15am (Social Work Month) WHICOA and UIC jointly present: Inspired Memory Care on Using the Arts to support Dementia

Explore the role of arts and recreation in cognitive care. How are memory, creativity, and identity linked? What are the benefits of arts-based engagement for the person living with dementia and their care partner(s)? IMC will utilize interactive exercises to explore the side effects of leveraging the arts as treatment, side effects like evoking memories, enabling people to communicate about experiences, and strengthening relationships. IMC will also highlight opportunities for advocacy around including the arts as a treatment.