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P184: Creativity during COVID-19: Evaluating an online TimeSlips storytelling program for people living with dementia during quarantine in Cloumbia
- Stephen Fay, Maritza García-Toro, Liliana Hicapié Henao, Ángela Andrade Villegas, Francisco Lopera
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- International Psychogeriatrics / Volume 35 / Issue S1 / December 2023
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- 02 February 2024, p. 225
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Objectives:
Since its first implementation in 1998, significant evidence has been presented of the positive impact of the TimeSlips creative expression method for people with dementia in long-term care (LTC) settings. Our research with people with dementia in Colombia extends this evidence in important new directions: it is the longest TimeSlips study to date (at 32 consecutive weeks); it is the first to evaluate the feasibility of the online delivery of the method (in response to the strict COVID-19 quarantine in Colombia); it is the first study to investigate the impact of the TimeSlips method on the personhood, quality of life and psychological well- being of Spanish-speaking participants in non-LTC settings in the Global South.
Methods:Trained facilitators provided weekly, one-hour TimeSlips group storytelling sessions via Zoom over 32 consecutive weeks to eight participants with dementia. Semi- structured interviews of participants and care partners were conducted within one week of the final intervention. Thematic analysis evaluated the resultant qualitative data.
Results:Our online implementation of the TimeSlips creative expression method reinforced key facets of participants’ personhood (self-expression and self-perception, which led in turn to increased care partner appreciation), had a positive impact on key domains of quality of life (mood, energy levels and cognitive function) and stimulated a key aspect of psychological well-being (the formation and maintenance of social ties).
Conclusions:Our study demonstrated that the online delivery of the TimeSlips method to participants who remain in their own homes is both feasible and effective. With more than 2.5 million people with dementia in Latin America (most of whom remain at home post-diagnosis) and a predicted 180% increase in prevalence to 2050 (compared with a 70% increase in Europe), our pioneering study offers important precedents for future, related research, in which a direct comparison between the benefits of online versus face-to-face delivery of the method would be important next step.
Transformative conservation of ecosystems
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- Dorian Fougères, Mike Jones, Pamela D. McElwee, Angela Andrade, Stephen R. Edwards
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- Global Sustainability / Volume 5 / 2022
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- 04 March 2022, e5
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Non-technical summary
Many conservation initiatives call for ‘transformative change’ to counter biodiversity loss, climate change, and injustice. The term connotes fundamental, broad, and durable changes to human relationships with nature. However, if oversimplified or overcomplicated, or not focused enough on power and the political action necessary for change, associated initiatives can perpetuate or exacerbate existing crises. This article aims to help practitioners deliberately catalyze and steer transformation processes. It provides a theoretically and practically grounded definition of ‘transformative conservation’, along with six strategic, interlocking recommendations. These cover systems pedagogy, political mobilization, inner transformation, as well as planning, action, and continual adjustment.
Technical summaryCalls for ‘transformative change’ point to the fundamental reorganization necessary for global conservation initiatives to stem ecological catastrophe. However, the concept risks being oversimplified or overcomplicated, and focusing too little on power and the political action necessary for change. Accordingly, its intersection with contemporary biodiversity and climate change mitigation initiatives needs explicit deliberation and clarification. This article advances the praxis of ‘transformative conservation’ as both (1) a desired process that rethinks the relationships between individuals, society, and nature, and restructures systems accordingly, and (2) a desired outcome that conserves biodiversity while justly transitioning to net zero emission economies and securing the sustainable and regenerative use of natural resources. It first reviews criticisms of area-based conservation targets, natural climate solutions, and nature-based solutions that are framed as transformative, including issues of ecological integrity, livelihoods, gender, equity, growth, power, participation, knowledge, and governance. It then substantiates six strategic recommendations designed to help practitioners deliberately steer transformation processes. These include taking a systems approach; partnering with political movements to achieve equitable and just transformation; linking societal with personal (‘inner’) transformation; updating how we plan; facilitating shifts from diagnosis and planning to action; and improving our ability to adjust to transformation as it occurs.
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