{"id":9090,"date":"2016-09-21T21:36:06","date_gmt":"2016-09-21T19:36:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alamarlife.com\/creative-storytelling-for-people-living-with-dementia\/"},"modified":"2024-01-27T00:20:27","modified_gmt":"2024-01-26T23:20:27","slug":"creative-storytelling-for-people-living-with-dementia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alamarlife.com\/en\/creative-storytelling-for-people-living-with-dementia\/","title":{"rendered":"Creative storytelling for people living with dementia"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][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\/xlHJbzcxI4U?rel=0&amp;wmode=opaque\"><\/iframe><\/div><\/div>[\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text]&#8221;My use of <em>Experience Nature<\/em> videos at the Alzheimer&#8217;s unit of the E. Germani Foundation, Cingia d\u00e8 Botti, Cremona, is aimed at <strong>stimulating the imagination<\/strong> through a specific method of creative storytelling that I have been using for years (Timeslips).<\/p>\n<p>The objective is not the recovery of memory; memories sometimes come out spontaneously and become appendages of the story. <strong>The focus is on the imagination<\/strong>, on what is not visible, to activate a freer dimension that is detached from logical-cognitive consequentiality, to move into a territory of great freedom. The challenge is whether the images, so essential, without human subjects, can be functional to the story.&#8221;[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text]<strong>The methodology of storytelling combined with the stimulation of the <em>Experience Nature<\/em> videos arouses, activates, conveys in terms of communication, emotions and, as a spill-over effect on behaviour:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>the <strong>poetics of narration<\/strong>, thanks to the mediation of nature that disposes to beauty<\/li>\n<li>the <strong>conversational dimension<\/strong> that is intensified in the group, starting with the free description of the paintings<\/li>\n<li>the <strong>communicative and relational dimension<\/strong> on common, collective visual themes, on whose notes opinions and suggestions are exchanged<\/li>\n<li>the <strong>dimension of recollection<\/strong>, which is activated by the natural place but only transits from there to the connected and very personal sensations and EMOTIONS<\/li>\n<li>the <strong>activation<\/strong> in terms of &#8220;soul-action&#8221; that circulates in the group<\/li>\n<li>the <strong>contemplative dimension<\/strong> and wellbeing derived from it.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Dr Iris Dall\u2019Aglio, social educator, Certified Timeslips facilitator (Timeslips storytelling for dementia Project)<\/em>[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;52px&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text]<strong>Conference<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.unipi.it\/it\/le-immagini-oltre-la-memoria-un-confronto-su-alcune-esperienze-realizzate-per-il-benessere-di-persone-con-alzheimer-e-dei-loro-familiari\/\">&#8220;<strong>Images beyond Memory<\/strong>&#8220;, 26 September 2015.<\/a><br \/>\n<em>Meeting on some experiences realised for the well-being of people affected by Alzheimer&#8217;s and their families<\/em>, organised by the Museum of Natural History of the University of Pisa.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The research conducted by Dr Dall&#8217;Aglio with<\/strong><strong> Alamar Life videos as a tool for creative storytelling was presented. The experience showed a great benefit in terms of well-being, fun, attention, imagination, participation. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Joint intervention with Dr Iris Dall&#8217;Aglio.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column 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\/A3H9_BC09lE?rel=0&amp;wmode=opaque\"><\/iframe><\/div><\/div>[\/vc_column][vc_column][vc_empty_space][\/vc_column][vc_column][vc_column_text]At the end of the talk, Dr. Cristina Innocenti took the floor, who wanted to emphasize some important aspects of the proposed narrative technique: &#8220;Regaining the memory of the pleasant moments of one&#8217;s life, can give back to the person with Alzheimer&#8217;s some fragments of his or her identity, the one that is scattered in his or her life history. Reminiscence gives serenity and well-being and is therefore also an emotional and affective function, as well as a cognitive one: through the recovery of recollection, the person again perceives a sense of having his or her own continuity in time, and comes out reassured. 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