Venues aim to be dementia friendly upon full reopening
Forty London arts organisations have signed up to a new charter as other initiatives promote the arts in care homes across th…
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Testing isn’t enough to bring audiences back, survey suggests
Mandatory masks, social distancing and temperature tests make audiences feel more comfortable returning to venues – and on-t…
Arts workers’ skills bolstered frontline Covid responses
Creativity, compassion, collaboration and a tendency towards efficiency meant arts workers were highly responsive in a time of cri…
No growth in arts engagement over 15 years
The proportion of adults taking part in the arts is the same as it was in 2005. ACE says there is still progress to be found in th…
Millennials make up more of post-Covid audiences, survey indicates
An apparent growth in younger audiences could be a "silver lining" for the sector as fewer older people patronise the ar…
Learning from experience with isolated audiences in lockdown
Live Music Now serves audiences in the care and education sectors – but that didn’t stop musicians reaching them while…
‘New artists’ don’t have to be young
The arts sector must do more to include older people, not only as consumers but also as creators of culture, says Stella Duffy.
Creative wellbeing for the Windrush generation
Pauline Bailey looks back on a project that developed social confidence and artistic expression among Birmingham's BAME elders…
Arts and dementia work failing to reach South Asian communities
There is “an urgent need” for funders and arts organisations to develop more culturally appropriate approaches, says a…
Home is where the art is
Toma McCullim, artist in residence in Skibbereen’s Ludgate Hub, describes a project reconnecting diaspora and reinventing tr…
New national agency to study ageing and creativity
A three-year project will research ways to support later-life creativity and creative technology solutions for an ageing populatio…
Ageing artfully
Perceptions of creative ageing have been transformed over the past decade, says David Cutler.
Museum visitors ‘less likely to develop dementia’, claim researchers
Analysis of a decade's worth of data finds that regularly engaging with cultural activities is associated with slower rates of…
Opportunities to take part in music ‘essential’ in care homes, says report
An evaluation finds that interactive three-month musical programmes had “particularly strong effects upon people’s com…
Reading up on dementia
In Wales, people living with dementia, and their carers, are being offered fiction as well as self-help books to help them manage…
Expansion of social prescribing promised in loneliness strategy
Arts Council England has been instructed to fund arts and health projects and share best practice.
A proud partner of health
A popular dance-based falls prevention programme offers effective treatment on the NHS, with a growing network of local groups hel…
Origins and ripples
London Bubble’s Creative Elders programme has encouraged residents in sheltered housing units to socialise, be creative &nda…
Creative ageing: a flourishing field
There has been a dramatic expansion in the number of organisations supporting arts activities by and for older people in the UK &#…
A snapshot of older audiences
What are the characteristics, interests and motivations of the over-65 demographic? Lucie Fitton reveals all.
How does it feel to have dementia?
The arts have helped scientists gain a better understanding of how it actually feels like to live with dementia. Julian West share…
Parlour games
When a shabby Victorian hall in Greenwich opened its doors to the public several years ago, no one could have predicted how import…
A musical partnership for dementia care
Players in Stratford's Orchestra of the Swan are trained by charity Mindsong to provide music sessions in care homes. Sue Pope…
Dancing to South Asian rhythms
Older adults living with chronic health conditions are improving their physical and mental wellbeing through the joy of South Asia…
