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When art remembers what the mind lets go.
1Communication Department, Universitas Sebelas Maret, Surakarta, Indonesia.
Arts & Health
|April 27, 2026
Summary
Artistic engagement helps older adults with memory loss maintain dignity and connection. Creative practices like music and drawing affirm personhood and belonging, even when verbal recall fades.
Area of Science:
- Gerontology
- Arts and Health
- Psychology
Background:
- Traditional views of ageing and memory loss focus on decline.
- Arts and health scholarship increasingly recognizes art's role in supporting dignity and connection in later life.
Purpose of the Study:
- To poetically explore ageing, memory loss, and the role of art in preserving personhood.
- To examine how artistic practice sustains recognition and belonging beyond verbal recall.
Main Methods:
- Poetic reflection on artistic experiences in ageing.
- Exploration of music, drawing, rhythm, and creative presence.
- Positioning art as a medium for encountering forgotten selves.
Main Results:
- Artistic engagement can evoke embodied memory and emotional continuity.
- Forms of recognition and connection persist through art, even with weakened language.
- Art sustains dignity, relational presence, and affective meaning for older adults with memory loss.
Conclusions:
- Artistic practice offers a humane medium for affirming personhood in later life.
- Arts-based care can address social isolation and enhance well-being in ageing populations.
- Art holds memory, connection, and personhood, providing a humanistic approach to care.
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