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12 12  their own family members, as well as with care personnel and others involved in the intervention
13 13  process[4]. However it is to note that people without formal art training can participate in art
14 14  related activities after being diagnosed with dementia.
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15 15  Painting in specific have shown to be beneficial in terms of reducing stress, improving expres-
16 16  siveness of an individual and helping them manage their emotions.The advantages are consid-
17 17  erably larger for elders suffering from dementia. Brain stimulation might deteriorate over time
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21 21  dementia make relationships and foster hobbies that might pierce through the cloud of memory
22 22  loss. However, this is based on the assumption that individuals with dementia are willing to and
23 23  can produce art and don’t have disabilities that hinder this activity.
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24 24  To aid patients of dementia using the help of art, the right level of intervention and skill of
25 25  the facilitator is necessary. Professionally trained artist may be unfamiliar with persons with
26 26  dementia, whereas an activity coordinator with dementia expertise may only have a rudimentary
27 27  grasp of the art they are enabling. While there is advancement in assistive technology for leisure
28 -and cultural or arts-based activities,as of 2018, very few devices have been dedicated to these
33 +and cultural or arts-based activities, as of 2018, very few devices have been dedicated to these
29 29  pursuits as of yet
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37 +References
38 +[1] Valerie Leuty et al. “Engaging Older Adults with Dementia in Creative Occupations Using
39 +Artificially Intelligent Assistive Technology”. In: Assistive technology : the official journal
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41 +[2] Gill Livingston et al. “Non-pharmacological interventions for agitation in dementia: system-
42 +atic review of randomised controlled trials”. In: The British Journal of Psychiatry 205.6
43 +(2014), pp. 436–442.
44 +[3] Jennifer Rusted, Linda Sheppard, and Diane Waller. “A multi-centre randomized control
45 +group trial on the use of art therapy for older people with dementia”. In: Group Analysis
46 +39.4 (2006), pp. 517–536.
47 +[4] Justine Schneider. “The Arts as a Medium for Care and Self-Care in Dementia: Arguments
48 +and Evidence”. In: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 15.6
49 +(2018). issn: 1660-4601. doi: 10.3390/ijerph15061151. url: https:~/~/www.mdpi.com/
50 +1660-4601/15/6/1151.