Using Sensory Engagement Strategies to Improving Health, Well-being and Functional Status of Older Adults with Dementia and their Care Partners

This workshop offers healthcare practitioners techniques for exploration with a variety of materials and sensory engagements with the goal of improving health, well-being and functional status of older adults and persons faced with physical, cognitive and emotional health challenges. Demonstrations of techniques to generate embodied engagement in small group practice - breath-work, simple bilateral stimulation movements, voice activation, sounding exercises, and sensory stimulation. We’ll explore playful, failure free processes that harness strengths and capabilities, and boost self-esteem. A person-centered Montessori approach- choice, quality materials, environment organized for success-enables adults to find creative voice and reclaim agency.

Margaret Cahill, Ed.M. is the Director of the ARTZ (Artists for Alzheimer’s) Museum Network. She is a community educator and humanities practitioner who creates art and culture programs to improve quality of life for adults, individuals with memory loss and care partners.

This is Zoom event with registration required.