Radical Connections’ Research

• Impact of an artist-in-residence program in a complex continuing care hospital: a quality improvement investigation July 2021
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• Unmasked Connections: Piloting Virtual Interactive Artist Performances in Healthcare — A Feasibility Study, Rebecca McDonald, July 2023

Quality of Life

• Art and wellness: The importance of art for Aboriginal Peoples' health and healing

• What is the evidence on the role of the arts in improving health and well-being? A scoping review. 2019 World Health Organization

• Study initiated by the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, the RUIS McGill Centre of Excellence on Longevity and the Jewish General Hospital shows positive impact of cultural mediation on seniors’ health

• Intercultural and Intergenerational Projects very full & rich site touching many cultures, approaches, media.

• Healing Arts Program, St. Paul’s Hospital, Saskatoon

• When Art is the Best Medicine, Leah Sandals, 2019 in Culture Days ON

• Participate in Culture Days Ontario

Dementia & the Arts

• Dementia & Imagination research study including an Art Gallery Intervention for stimulus to create something new

• Bringing Hope, Joy and Justice to People Living with Dementia Ep.11 playful, performatory, social-relational, co-creative possibility.

• Arts and Dementia - re-THINKing dEMENTIA

• Tending Sorrow’s Garden: Bereavement Program Channels Grief & Hope Through Gardening

• Arousing Curiosity: When Hospital Art Transcends Onsite “looking”, discussion & imagining

• How the brain responds to Music, article with interactive elements from University of Central Florida

• Room 217 Foundation, a social enterprise using music to change the culture of care

• The Healing Power of Music, NY Times

• First comprehensive review reveals orchestras contribute more than £1.6m to the public health sector. March 2021

• Renee Fleming, Micky Hart, and Zakir Hussain: Music that Heals, PBS

• Variations on a theme, Rozalyn Chok, Canadian Medical Association Journal, 2021. Includes a link to the author’s performance.

• Arts Reminiscence at Carefor Carling Adult Day program, Ottawa, Canada pictorial life story books and dramatic action

• Intercultural and Intergenerational Projects very full & rich site based on stories of elders from many cultures

• AGING WELL PROJECT & Elders’ Digital Storytelling Research Project both @ Simon Fraser University

• Facilitating intergenerational storytelling for older adults in the nursing home: A case study

• Moving forwards backwards: Exploring the impact of active engagement in reminiscence theatre with older adults in residential care with mild to moderate cognitive impairment

• Dementia – involving patients and their caregivers in a drama programme: the caregivers' experiences International Voice of Nursing Research, Theory & Practice

• The Cultural Value of Older People’s Experiences of Theater-making: A Review

• N.L. seniors bust a move as they call for an end to COVID-19 dance ban

• Dance & Dementia, UK Dancing the Small Moments: An Artist’s Insight

• Positive effect of music and dance on dementia proven by New Zealand study

• Dancing our way to fewer falls and better physical function