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The Hospital Project

Project title

Projektas Ligoninė

Description of initiative

The project was set up with and within the Vilnius University Hospital Santariškės Clinic. The activities of the project as well as the project benefits, its scope, implementation period or the group size of participants were defined together with the representatives of the management of the partner organization. The aim of the project was to increase the social activity of the staff, strengthen their self-esteem, acquire new skills and abilities and lastly, increase the availability of art in surroundings where people are not accustomed to it.

Further information on the initiative

Themes: Culture and...

Individual well-being
Mental health
Quality of spaces and built environments
Quality of services for specific groups

Keywords

art, workshops, hospital, well-being, mental health, medical staff

Target group

Not targeted to a specific group

Cultural field

Other | Visual arts

Timeframe

2012 - 2012

Results, benefits, impact and lessons learnt

The questionnaire of the participants of the survey consisted of positive feelings, self-esteem, negative feelings sub-issues and statements on the Warwick-Edinburgh mental health scale. Assessing the positive feelings, the quantitative study showed that after the artistic activity project the participants enjoyed life more than before the project, cared more about their future, experienced more positive feelings in their lives, more often felt satisfied.

Organizer(s)

Lietuvos Respublikos kultūros ministerija
Lithuania
Public / State | Culture

Partner(s)

VšĮ Vilniaus universiteto ligoninės Santariškių klinikos
Lithuania
Public / State | Culture