The Art and Science of Dementia – Wed 26 October 2016, 6.30pm, Citylabs, Manchester
Join scientists and creatives to explore how art, science and the general public can help support those living with dementia. Take an up-close and personal look at how social connectivity and artistic expression can improve wellbeing and care.
Hear from:
Dr Chris Pickford from the Institute for Dementia at the University of Salford, who is working with wearable technology that monitors people’s activity. This will help caregivers monitor changes in activity and find out more about how people who are living with dementia are doing.
Dr Ashley Burgoyne, the scientist behind the #HookedOnMusic game, a citizen science experiment that explored musical memory, long term memory and failing memory, which could contribute to future Alzheimer’s disease research. He will be talking about what #HookedOnMusic has discovered so far and the next steps for the game. www.hookedonmusic.org.uk
Sally Ferris, the founder of Together Dementia Support, a social enterprise that offers more support and activities for people living with dementia. Sally passionately believes that people with dementia benefit enormously from stimulating, therapeutic activities and opportunities to belong to groups where they are valued and their abilities recognised. She will be joined by a choir whose members are living with dementia and they will perform at the beginning of the event.
Louise Coulthard, the writer of Cockamamy, a new play based on her experience of dementia which was performed to sell-out audiences in London as part of the Camden Fringe.
The conversation will be facilitated by Dr Marieke Navin, project lead for the #HookedOnMusic experiment.
Tickets free, but booking required
http://www.manchestersciencefestival.com/event/the-art-and-science-of-dementia/