These resources have been co-produced for or by Dementia Practitioners during creative sessions as part of the Bold Project. They can be used to spark discussion, as examples for creative activities, read for your own self-care and reflection or shared with someone you think would benefit from them, if you need any guidance please get in touch at info@bold-scotland.org
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Workshops
DF Capital Theatres
Creative Methods at Kirrie Connections
Podcasts
bold Stories: Ep. 1 – Lil & Alan
Launching Episode 1 from our ‘bold stories’ podcast. In this episode Lil & Alan chat to Fenella Kerr, a fellow bold partner, about their experience of the bold Social Leadership Programme and the highs & lows of living with dementia.
bold Stories: Ep. 2 – Anne-Marie & Christine
Announcing Episode 2 from our ‘bold stories’ podcast. In this episode Anne-Marie and Christine McCallum chat to fellow bold partner Fenella Kerr about the amazing Dolphin Arts Project, their experience of bold and how those living with dementia can flourish.
bold Stories: Ep. 3 – Jo Cowan
Launching Episode 3 from our ‘bold stories’ podcast. In this episode Jo chats about her thoughts and feelings about the bold Social Leadership Programme and the ways she has since flourished as a social leader.
bold Stories: Ep. 4 – Lorna Campbell
Launching Episode 4 from our ‘bold stories’ podcast. In this episode Lorna chats about her reflections from the bold Programme and how she learned to address her own emotional needs in order to be able to support other people and be a dementia leader.
bold Stories: Ep. 5 – Martin & Agnes
Launching the 5th and final episode from our ‘bold stories’ podcast. In this episode Lorna Lyons, bold’s Digital Content Manager chats to Martin & Agnes about their reflections from bold on social leadership, creativity and Runrig!
Downloadable resources
Films
bold conversations – The Wobbly Dog
bold conversations – Home Comforts
bold conversations – The Restful Place
Unheard Voices – Gerry King
Unheard Voices – Audrey Ross
Unheard Voices – Ron Coleman
Unheard Voices – Jake Sutherland
Unheard Voices – Christina Hobbs
a bold mini commission Willy Gilder’s ‘Unheard Voices’
A bold Mini Commissions with Fenella Kerr
A bold Mini Commissions with Barbara Gardner-Rowell
A bold Mini Commission Alec’s ‘bold Generations’
A year of being bold…
A bold Exchange with the bold Community
The future is bold
a bold mini commission James Mckillop’s Songwriting collaboration
a bold mini commission Valeria Lembo’s GRAND
bold Celebrations Film March 2024
Introduction to bold…
Creative writing
The bold Scribers – ‘Our 6 word stories’
Alex McEwan – Writing: born of frustration
Jackie Philip – In Respect & Admiration Letter to Elspeth
Willy Gilder – Silence, is there such a thing?
Poems
Jackie Philip – Silence
Lois Wolffe – I shout the loudest when…
Anne McDonald – The things I need to flourish are..
Willy Gilder – The things I need to flourish are…
The bold Scribers – Bold
Lois Wolffe – What does BOLD mean to me?
Lorna Reid – The things I need to flourish are..
The bold Scribers – Creativity
Alex McEwan – I am here because…
Ron Coleman – The things I need to flourish are…
Links and Resources for Dementia Practitioners
Social Leadership
- Julian Stodd: The Social Leadership Handbook – https://seasaltlearning.com/social-leadership-handbook-second-edition/
- Learning Blog https://julianstodd.wordpress.com
- Prof Brendan McCormack and Angie Titchen: No beginning, no end: an ecology of human flourishing , FoNS 2014 International Practice Development Journal 4 (2)
- Hill L, Greenwood F, Wilkinson H, McCormack and Schamberger M (2022) Bringing out leaders in dementia (bold): creating the conditions for persons to flourish as social leaders, International Practice Development Journal https://www.fons.org/library/journal/volume12-issue2/article3
Dementia Care
- Anne Basting: Forget Memory. Creating Better Lives for People with Dementia, The John Hopkins University Press, Baltimore 2009
- Anne Basting, Maureen Towey and Ellie Rose: The Penelope Project. An Arts-Based Odyssey to Change Elder Care. University Of Iowa Press, Iowa City 2016.
Creativity
Creativity in Care – http://creativityincare.org
Luminate, Scotland’s creative ageing organisation – http://www.luminatescotland.org/
Keith Johnston: Impro: Improvisation and the Theatre. Methuen Publishing, London 1989
John Killick: Playfulness and Dementia. A practical guide. Jessica Kingsley Publishers 2013
Karrie Marshall: Puppetry in Dementia Care: connecting through creativity and joy. Jessica Kingsley Publishers 2013
Elisabeth Gerber: Using Improvisation to Enhance the Effectiveness of Brainstorming http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~jhm/Readings/p97-gerber.pdf
Anne Basting: Creative Care, A Revolutionary Approach to Dementia and Elder Care, Harper Collins 2020.
Magdalena Schamberger: Compassionate Clowning: improving the quality of life of people with dementia in Providing Compassionate Health Care: Challenges in Policy and Practice. Routledge, London, 2014
Phoebe Cauldwell: Intensive Interactions http://www.phoebecaldwell.co.uk/work.asp
Maggie Ellis and Suzanne Zeedyk: Rethinking Communication: The connected baby guide to advanced dementia http://connectedbaby.net/publications/books/rethinkingcommsonline2/24/
Arts in Care homes – https://artsincarehomes.org.uk
Academic Reading
- Dawn Brooker: Person-Centred Dementia Care: Making Services Better, Jessica Kingsley Publishers 2006
- Tom Kitwood: Dementia Reconsidered: The Person Comes First, Open University Press 1997
- Tom Kitwood Edited by Dawn Brooker: Dementia Reconsidered Revisited, The Person Still Comes First, Open University Press 2019
- Prof Brendan McCormack and Angie Titchen: No beginning, no end: an ecology of human flourishing, FoNS 2014 International Practice Development Journal 4 (2)
- Titchen, A. and McCormack, B. with Tyagi, V. (2020) Dancing the Mandalas of Critical Creativity in Nursing and Healthcare. Centre for Person-centred
- McCormack, B., Cable, C., Cantrell, J., Bunce, A., Douglas, J., Fitzpatrick, J., Forsyth, N., Gallacher, J., Grant, J., Griffin, L., Guinnane, C., Hollis, K., Kernaghan, K., Kinninmonth, M., Mason, F., Maxwell, G., McIntyre, P., Mullay, S., Ridge, G., Taylor, J., Wilkieson, M., Wilson, E and Wishart, D. (2021) The Queen’s Nurses collaborative inquiry – understanding individual and collective experiences of transformative learning. International Practice Development Journal, 11: 1, Article 2 https://doi.org/10.19043/ipdj.111.002
- Titchen A, McCormack B, Wilson V and Solman A (2011) Human Flourishing through body, creative imagination and reflection, International Practice Development Journal http://www.fons.org/library/journal/volume1-issue1: Article 1
- Titchen A and McCormack B (2010) Dancing with stones: critical creativity as methodology for human flourishing, Educational Action Research, 18: 4, 531 – 554