{"id":9078,"date":"2017-06-28T22:42:43","date_gmt":"2017-06-28T20:42:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alamarlife.com\/alzheimers-non-pharmacological-therapy\/"},"modified":"2024-01-27T00:15:04","modified_gmt":"2024-01-26T23:15:04","slug":"alzheimers-non-pharmacological-therapy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alamarlife.com\/en\/alzheimers-non-pharmacological-therapy\/","title":{"rendered":"ALZHEIMER&#8217;S: NON-PHARMACOLOGICAL THERAPY"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][\/vc_column][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;]<div class=\"gem-youtube gem-wrapbox gem-wrapbox-style-no-style rounded-corners gem-wrapbox-position-below\" style=\"width: 100%;\"><div class=\"gem-wrapbox-inner gem-ratio-style\" style=\"padding-top: 56.25%\"><iframe class=\"gem-wrapbox-element img-responsive\" width=\"100%\" height=\"300\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" marginheight=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YJPRluzj5r0?rel=0&amp;wmode=opaque\"><\/iframe><\/div><\/div>[\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text]<a href=\"https:\/\/anniazzurri.it\/residenza-anni-azzurri-beato-angelico\">LTC Residenza Anni Azzurri Beato Angelico, Borgo San Lorenzo (FI), Italy<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Art-therapy workshop: &#8220;<em>The circle of life<\/em>&#8220;, in collaboration with Alamar Life.<\/p>\n<p>Project leaders: Dr. Mabel Gotti and Dr. Melania Menina Marin.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][vc_column][vc_empty_space][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8221;][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text]From September to November 2016, <strong>three meetings per week<\/strong> were held, each lasting one hour and twenty minutes.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The first phase of the work was characterised by a moment of deep relaxation thanks to the viewing of <em>Experience Nature<\/em> films<\/strong>, the short sequence of which was looped for 15 minutes. Following the viewing of the films, the work continued with the mandalas to be coloured.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;8199&#8243; img_size=&#8221;large&#8221; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column][vc_empty_space][\/vc_column][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;8200&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221;][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text]The data reveal a <strong>high level of group compliance<\/strong> and many behavioural indicators testify to a <strong>high level of satisfaction<\/strong> among the individual participants. The ward staff also enthusiastically welcomed the workshop, appreciating the moment of relaxation through <a href=\"https:\/\/alamarlife.com\/en\/alamar-life-video-catalog\/\">the <em>Experience Nature<\/em> videos<\/a> and respecting the relaxed atmosphere that was generated.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The viewing of the videos facilitated a relaxing and meditative atmosphere<\/strong>, helping to create a collaborative climate throughout the session.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_empty_space][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text]<strong>We were struck by the respectful silence created spontaneously, which bound caregivers, residents and social educators in a unique feeling, an emotion shared by all that is difficult to explain in words.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We observed that <strong>the effect was prolonged beyond the session<\/strong> and in particular a <strong>decrease in residents&#8217; behavioural disorders<\/strong> was reported.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;8201&#8243; img_size=&#8221;large&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;8809&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; onclick=&#8221;img_link_large&#8221; img_link_target=&#8221;_blank&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text]<strong>CORNELL BROWN &#8211; QUALITY OF LIFE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The scale measures the quality of life of people with cognitive and behavioural disorders.<\/p>\n<p>At Time 0, before the experimental phase with the Experience Nature films, the quality of life of the 18 participating subjects recorded a negative average value of -2.17.<\/p>\n<p>At Time 1, at the end of the experiment &#8211; 3 months, 3 sessions per week, 15\/20 minutes of watching short loop sequences &#8211; the quality of life averaged + 15.00.<\/p>\n<p>At Time 2, 15 days after the end of the trial, a session with the Experience Nature films was repeated. The quality of life remained substantially stable, with an average value of 12.50.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column][vc_empty_space][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;8808&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; onclick=&#8221;img_link_large&#8221; img_link_target=&#8221;_blank&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text]<strong>CMAI &#8211; Scale measuring behaviour disorders<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>At Time 0, before the experimental phase with the Experience Nature films, the average value of behaviour disorders in the 18 participating subjects was 51.83.<\/p>\n<p>At Time 1, at the end of the experiment, the mean value of behaviour disorders had fallen to 32.00.<\/p>\n<p>At Time 2, 15 days after the end of the trial, a new viewing session showed that the reduction in behaviour disorders had remained substantially unchanged, with an average value of 33.22.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/alamarlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Relazione-Arteterapia-Firenze.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read the scientific report<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Experiment conducted on 22 people with Alzheimer&#8217;s lasting 3 months: relaxing viewing of Experience Nature movies before painting workshop.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8049,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[645,694,648,649],"tags":[651,784,750,764,765,785],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.9.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Alzheimer: Art therapy - Alamar Life Experimentation<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Art therapy workshop in collaboration with Alamar Life. 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