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Description of initiative
The project took place at the St. Joseph nursing home in order to tackle the many problems the residents of care homes face by using artistic interventions. When planning the project, it was agreed that the St. Joseph's would define a target group of participants and provide everything needed, such as information on the needs of this group, assistance in the implementation artistic program and research. A group of 15 people started participating in the project but only 14 completed it. The group of participants consisted only of persons in good physical condition who were able to move independently or using special compensatory measures (wheelchairs, walkers).
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Themes: Culture and...
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Results, benefits, impact and lessons learnt
The participants' questionnaire consisted of questions on the self-esteem section and the Warwick-Edinburgh mental health scale statements. Participants rated their value perception area better after the project than before the project: were more satisfied with their abilities, valued themselves better, were more self-sufficient satisfied, but were a little more confident before the project.
Project participants rated the Warwick-Edinburgh mental health scale better after the project than before project: looked more often at the future than before the project, felt useful, more often felt relaxed, close to other people, more likely to be self-confident, interested in other people were more self-satisfied, self-sufficient, interested in new things and more likely to cheerful. However, after the project, the participants felt less energetic and rated the following statements worse: "I am very good at solving problems, I think clearly and I feel less loved.