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The Many Ways Art Therapy and Therapeutic Art Can Support Senior Care Residents

Mary Beth Flynn | 20 November, 2024


          
            The Many Ways Art Therapy and Therapeutic Art Can Support Senior Care Residents

Mary Beth Flynn is the founder and owner of Artfully Aging, a therapeutic watercolor art program that is contracted by senior living communities to run art sessions with resident groups. Groups are scheduled regularly, and group sizes are limited to 10 residents or less. Therapeutic art specialists guide each session and use reminiscing and storytelling prompts to encourage socialization.

In addition to these in-person sessions, Flynn also offers an art program that senior care communities of all settings can access, nationwide. “Life enrichment staff can purchase ready-to-paint projects from a website menu,” she explains. The projects come with “how to” videos that teach senior care staff how to lead a therapeutic art program. The projects also include prompts and often ideas for activities or songs that relate to the projects. 

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