You have sanitas Residencial A Coruña exposes the best drawings and paintings by people with dementia.

-Drawings and paintings are made in the artistic workshops organized by company in each of its centers to enhance cognitive abilities of persons with dementia

-sample was in Sanitas Residencial A Coruña until day 10 February

A CoruñaFebruary. 2013- Sanitas Residencial A Coruña hosts the third edition of the exhibition of drawings and paintings of the company. Until next February 10, Coruña may visit an art exhibition carried out by people with dementia.

sanitas Residencial committed to the artistic disciplines as a means to help people with dementia to group work, socialize with other residents and stimulate their cognitive and sensory abilities.

Art can be an excellent means of communication through which thoughts and emotions even in very advanced stages of dementia can be displayed. Therefore, in each of the 40 centers of the company multiple workshops in painting and art are organized to promote people with dementia feel active and motivated.

thus, with works that produce the elderly in various artistic activities, is set up each year the calendar of the company. Thirteen works Рone month more cover Рwhich have been selected from 220 drawings and paintings, and now can visit in situ in Sanitas Residencial A Coru̱a.

The sample was in Sanitas Residencial A Coruña until February 10, and then will be transferred to Sanitas Residencial Vigo and Sanitas Residencial Barakaldo.

In this third edition, 40 Sanitas residential centers will host the exhibition thus reaching the 10 autonomous communities where the company has a presence: Aragon, Andalusia, Madrid, Castile and Leon, country Vasco, Galicia, Cantabria, Catalonia, Valencia and Navarre.

Benefits of painting in people with dementia

Cognitive training programs are important as part of non-pharmacological treatment in people with dementia. The generation of ideas, sensory, or cognitive stimulation are methods used to slow down the disease process and the loss of functions.

The painting is an effective therapy in which residents work in group, express what they think, feel, and are excited at the same time that relate to their environment. In people with dementia, who are gradually losing their skills, their own tables is a good way to maintain their active skills and engage in daily life.

For the realization of the paintings, elders give free rein to your imagination and they sharpen their instinct, using different techniques

this exhibition aims to demonstrate that people with dementia, are useful people, who have a lot to contribute, and who are able to develop such enrichment activities as the realization of a work of art – drawingcollage, coloring and painting with watercolors or tempera paints you – and a wide range of colors.

In addition, elders feel pleased with itself for be able to show their works and those of his companions of residence to their family and friends, something that improves mood and keeps them active.

People with dementia care program

One of the main objectives of Sanitas Residencial is to offer a personalized service to the residents and more individualized care. For three years, Sanitas Residencial offers in each of its centers a programme of care to people with dementia in order to offer the best care, enable the physical spaces to the needs of the residents, and develop a comprehensive program of adapted activities in your day to day. In addition, the program includes a specialized in dementia training for all employees of Sanitas Residencial.