Date of Award
Spring 5-5-2020
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
MA - Master of Arts
Department
Expressive Therapies
Advisor
Michelle Napoli
Abstract
This literature review advocates for the general needs of the growing aging population and focuses on how art as therapy programming can best support those needs. Arts programming, with an art therapy-inspired lens, can address the many needs of the older adult population and may promote meaningful connections between (1) the client and the art materials, (2) the client and self (both current and former), (3) the client and the facilitator/therapist, (4) the client and dyad or small groups and (5) the client and the community. The power of art therapy practices serves as the framework of this literature review, as it has been deemed beneficial for the older adult population and may have an impact on their quality of life. This literature review ultimately reveals that using art as therapy programming, with the aging population, can have a positive effect on their mental, physical and emotional wellbeing.
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Recommended Citation
Uva, Melissa, "Using Art as Therapy with Older Adults to Foster Connections and Establish Community Literature Review" (2020). Expressive Therapies Capstone Theses. 263.
https://digitalcommons.lesley.edu/expressive_theses/263
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