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When Words Have Lost Their Meaning Alzheimer's Patients Communicate Through Art

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ISBN-10: 027597989X

ISBN-13: 9780275979898

Edition: 2004

Authors: Ruth Abraham

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Therapist Abraham shows how art can provide people with Alzheimer's disease a way to express their thoughts and emotions, when they can no longer communicate well verbally and words have lost their meaning. Abraham believes it is our moral obligation to provide elders with this tool, lest they be prematurely deemed beyond interaction. The confidence and self-esteem of elders--and that of the people who love them --can be bolstered by art therapy. And this is the first work demonstrating that art is not just busy work for those with Alzheimer's, but a profound and symbolic method allowing them to communicate. This work includes more than 70 drawings and paintings by people with Alzheimer's,…    
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Book details

List price: $61.00
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: ABC-CLIO, LLC
Publication date: 11/30/2004
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 224
Size: 6.46" wide x 9.25" long x 0.86" tall
Weight: 1.078
Language: English

RUTH ABRAHAM is Senior Lecturer in Art Therapy for the Post Graduate Program at the Beit Berl College School of Art, in Cfar Saba, Israel. She received her MA in Expressive Therapy from Lesley College at Cambridge, Massachusetts. She has worked for many years with Alzheimer's patients at a psychogeriatric center, and has also maintained a private clinic as an art therapist with the general population. She devotes her own spare time to painting and writing.

Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Getting to Know the Alzheimer's Patient
Does Art Therapy Really Help?
The Therapeutic Hour: A Practical Guide
Theoretical Perspectives
Portraits: Three Case Studies
Tanya: Daring to Give and Take
Adam: Peek-a-Boo with Demons
Simon: Coming Out from Under the Covers
Promoting Art Therapy for Alzheimer's Patients
A Personal Story
Afterword
References
Index