[Adta] dmt and demetia

[Iris Bräuninger]

dear colleagues,
here is an interesting article on dmt and demetia.
best regards,
iris bräuninger

Nystrom K, Lauritzen SO (2005). Expressive 
bodies: demented persons' communication in a 
dance therapy context. Health (London). 
Jul;9(3):297-317.

Stockholm University, Sweden.

Dementia is a disease that brings with it various 
limitations in the afflicted person's 
communication with others. The purpose of this 
study is to explore, not the limitations, but the 
capacity of the demented person to communicate 
under conditions that differ from the everyday 
life of the care institution. Group dance therapy 
sessions with elderly, demented persons were 
video-taped and analysed with a focus on how 
verbal and non-verbal modes of communication were 
used by the participants. The ways the demented 
persons use body movements, free dance movements, 
speech and singing in different combinations is 
described and discussed in terms of different 
expressive modes, where body movements are used 
to substitute or support speech as well as to 
express thoughts, memories and emotions. The 
results from the study indicate that under 
conditions that allow for different modes of 
expression, the communication of the demented 
person can be found to be rich and varied in 
expression and content.
-- 
Dr. Iris Bräuninger M.A.
Deputy Head Physio-, Dance Movement Therapy
Psychiatric University Hospital Zurich
Dance Movement Therapist, BTD, DTR
Trainer, Supervisor, BTD
European Certificate for Psychotherapy ECP
KMP Notator
Im Ziel 33
CH-8125 Zollikerberg
Switzerland
Tel. +41-43-499 61 09
tanztherapie at swissonline.ch

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