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Tuscan museums for Alzheimer's

Project title

Musei Toscani per l'Alzheimer

Description of initiative

For years, Tuscan museums have offered programmes dedicated to people living with Alzheimer's disease. In the present, they have set up a formalised system, the Tuscan Museums System for Alzheimer's, to co-ordinate and intensify their action. All the programmes, in their variety and differences, consider themselves as part of an overall project, based on an idea of the museum as an inclusive cultural institution; and on an idea of dementia, rather than as a disease, as a condition, which involves not only the person with dementia, but also those who accompany and support them in this challenge.

Further information on the initiative

Themes: Culture and...

Individual well-being
Community well-being
Mental health
Quality of social relations
Quality of services for specific groups

Keywords

Toscani, museums, well-being, health, formalised system

Target group

Adults | Older people

Cultural field

Heritage | Other

Timeframe

2018 - present

Results, benefits, impact and lessons learnt

Improved memory for people with Alzheimer and dementia
Improved life for caregivers

Organizer(s)

Sistema Musei Toscani per l’Alzheimer
Italy
Public / State | Culture