@article{Bazooband_Courtney-Pratt_Doherty_2021, title={Participatory community-based arts for older people living with dementia in the community: how are they evaluated? A scoping review}, volume={7}, url={https://www.pagepressjournals.org/gc/article/view/9470}, DOI={10.4081/gc.2021.9470}, abstractNote={<p>Although the interests in participative arts for people living with a dementia has increased over the last decade, what is yet to be reviewed is how participatory community- based arts activities for this group of people are evaluated. The overall aim of the following scoping review is to understand the scope of measurement/evaluation methods/approaches used in studies that recruited participants with dementia from the community (not from health/clinical or residential aged care settings or nursing homes) and delivered community-based participatory arts activities/programs (not art therapy programs) to them. The methodological framework by Arksey and O’Malley (2005) for undertaking a scoping review article was applied to this study. Collation, summarizing and reporting the results was carried out considering the research questions. 7 articles met inclusion/exclusion criteria published from 2013 to 2020. The type of arts activities included co-designs and co-creation of various types of arts (n=1), museum visiting and art-making activities (n=4), artistic education-based program (n=1), group singing (n=1). This scoping review shed light on the paucity of research in which older people living with dementia were recruited from the community (not healthcare/clinical settings) to participate in participatory community- based art activities. Also, the results revealed that evaluation of participatory community-based arts activities for older people living with dementia in the community should include methods/techniques to get a deeper insight into the participants’ values and perspectives and the social interaction benefits of such programs.</p>}, number={1}, journal={Geriatric Care}, author={Bazooband, Azam and Courtney-Pratt, Helen and Doherty, Kathleen}, year={2021}, month={Feb.} }