Creative Aging: The Emergence of Artistic Talents

Those with significant Alzheimer’s disease and related disorders have a reservoir of abilities. We find ourselves mistakenly believing that our relatives who suffer from Alzheimer's are no longer capable of experiencing joy or communicating their emotions, so we define them by their disease rather than by who they are in their now.

Expressive arts therapies incorporate a wide range of opportunities for people to communicate, including music, art, drama, poetry, and storytelling.