Dramatherapy with Elders and People with Dementia

Dramatherapy with Elders and People with Dementia illuminates how targeted sessions of dramatherapy can improve the quality of life of elderly people with dementia.

Joanna Jaaniste, PhD, has 30 years' experience as a dramatherapist. She has co-created a graduate diploma in dramatherapy and has taught extensively on the MA Art Therapy course at Western Sydney University, Australia.

Foreword: Caroline Miller; 1. Life stages and transitions; 2. What is it like to have dementia?; 3. What is dramatherapy?; 4. Dramatherapy, dementia and quality of life: a research project; 5. Intelligence of feeling and dramatherapy; 6. The ethical debate about technology and artificial intelligence; 7. Trauma and intersubjectivity in dementia; 8. Grief and loss in old age; 9. The mystery of death; 10. Assessment and evaluation; 11. Conclusion; Afterword: Sue Jennings