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

-a traveling collection composed of 13 pictures that reflect the feelings and emotions of the greatest of Sanitas Residencial

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

-sample was in Sanitas Residencial Barakaldo until 24 February

Barakaldo, 2013 February.- Sanitas Residencial Barakaldo hosted the third edition of the exhibition of drawings and paintings of the company. Until the past 24 February, the inhabitants have been able to visit an art exhibition carried out by people with dementia.

You sanitas Residencial bet by 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 each year the calendar of the company. Thirteen works – one month more cover – which have been selected from 220 drawings and paintings, and now can visit in situ in Sanitas Residencial Barakaldo.

’Thinking’ Florida – Maria del Pilar – 92 years.

Sample was in Sanitas Residencial Barakaldo until February 20, and then will be transferred to Sanitas Residencial Santander and Sanitas Residencial Loramendi.

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 sharpen your instinct, using different techniques – drawing, collage, coloring and painting with watercolors or tempera paints you – and a wide range of colors.

This exhibition aims to demonstrate that people with dementia, are useful people, who have a lot to contribute, and which are capable of desarrollaractividades as enriching as the realization of a work of art.

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.