Workshop Announcement: MUSIC & VISUAL ARTS FOR PERSONAL & PROFESSIONAL ENHANCEMENT

Workshop Announcement

MUSIC & VISUAL ARTS FOR PERSONAL & PROFESSIONAL ENHANCEMENT

(March 11 & 12, 2012)

The Centre for Lifelong Learning invites you to participate in a 2-day workshop on Music & Visual Arts for Personal & Professional Enhancement as part of its on-going capacity building programme series (Nirantar)onMarch 11 & 12, 2012 from10.00 am-5.00 pm attheTata Institute of Social Sciences, Deonar.

In the two days, Participants will have hands-on experience of a range of simple visual art techniques and musical exercises that can be used in personal life and professional practice to enhance creativity, provide opportunities for self discovery and growth and develop self confidence. 

In the module on Art emphasis will be given to developing new skills and offering a practical introduction to the very positive benefits that are gained through the experience of creative processes.

While the module on Music will be a chance to enjoy making and creating music with

the body, voice, and percussion instruments, with a focus on employing musical activities for

non-musicians when working with others and for personal skills development.

The Workshop will be conducted by Ms. Liz Kempwhois an artist by profession and has almost forty years of engaging Art Skills for Development andMs. Laura Grimewho is aMusician, Community Music Leader, Teacher and Workshop faciltator.Both the facilitators are visiting from the U.K. 

Workshop Fee: Rs. 750/- (inclusive of all workshop material & hospitality)

For Further Details and Registration Contact:

Ms. Sabiha Vasi

Assisstant Professor,

Centre for Lifelong Learning, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Deonar, Mumbai 400088

Tel Nos: 25525681; sabiha_v@tiss.edu

25525682;bhargavi@tiss.edu

56872552;ritesh.vaity@tiss.edu

Website:www.tiss.edu

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Brookdale Senior Living Highlights Study on Function-Focused Care

Brookdale Senior Living Highlights Study on Function-Focused Care

By Michelle Seitzer / Posted on 11 January 2012

In the December issue of Geriatric News, Dr. Kevin O’Neil, an acclaimed geriatrician and Brookdale’s Chief Medical Officer, shared an overview of a recent study published in The Journal of the American Geriatrics Society.

Researchers testing the function-focused care in assisted living (FFC-AL) intervention hoped their efforts would reduce the decline that many seniors in this setting experience. Over the 12-month period of study, researchers hoped the interventions would demonstrate such outcomes as improved mood, resilience, and balance. At the end of the year, they were successful: “Residents…demonstrated less decline in function,” says the piece, and some even “returned to ambulatory status.”

A function-focused care approach, says Dr. O’Neil, requires a change in the wayassisted living staff provide care. Rather than completing basic daily tasks like bathing or dressing (often referred to as ADLs, activities of daily living) for the residents, direct care providers should instead empower them to do as much as they are able, “so that residents could spend more time in physical activity and thus maintain and improve function.”

The perceived and actual loss of independence after a move to assisted living is a major struggle for many seniors, and understandably so. Empowering function and encouraging activity is well worth the effort then, though a shift to an FFC approach takes time (as a major alteration in behavior and practice often does).