arts and seniors
From concert halls to health care facilities, musicians bring the gift of music to appreciative geriatric audiences
Last Wednesday flutist Mark McGregor and pianist Kenneth Broadway performed in an unusual concert. It wasn’t the program that was remarkable — sonatas by Mozart and Brahms and songs by Richard Strauss are all reasonably standard concert hall stuff. Rather, it was the setting that set it apart: an airy dining hall in south Vancouver [...]
The Healing Power of the Arts: Reflecting on the Outcomes from the Arts, Health and Seniors Project
The Arts Health and Seniors (AHS) Project explores the relationship between professional led community-arts practices and seniors’ health outcomes. The three-year pilot has documented the impacts of participation on the mental health and social connections of participating seniors. The initiative has also focused on supporting the development of new knowledge in the field of seniors’ [...]
