Art capsule: Memory to fight alzheimer’s

Abstract

The objective of this study is to analyze—through a panel technique called “cohort”—the authors’ reflections on the fields of Arts and Alzheimer’s in order to study their professional path and correlate the conclusions of their work with the results presented on the Health Evidence Network synthesis report 67 of the World Health Organization (WHO). For the first time, the report establishes a positive correlation between the arts and health, highlighting the importance of the ethical commitment of the arts to the research. The conclusions of this study show how the researchers refer to themselves as both “arts educators” and “caregivers,” acknowledging the decisive role of context, i.e. their won biographies, to the research conducted in the field of Arts Education applied to Alzheimer’s.