Puppets are being used to entertain and enhance cognitive function in a Hobart aged care home.abc.net.au/news/how-puppetry-is-being-used-to-help-aged-care-residents/101671200The room that's usually reserved for lifestyle activities has been turned into a theatre, and residents are filing in.
"In the ageing process where things like memory or speech might decrease, the imagination doesn't seem to," Ms Jackson said."There's so much opportunity there for the arts to play a role in social engagement and expression, in just being present and [for] meaningful interaction." Terrapin Theatre artistic director Sam Routledge with residents at Uniting AgeWell's Lillian Martin home.
Mr Routledge said Forever Young was about entertainment first, but also the therapeutic effects of puppets. "And to feel that sense of reminiscing or hope, joy, fun, not shying away from the ideas that there is also an enormous amount of grief and loss in [aged care] settings."Resident Allan Webb was in the audience for one of the first performances of Forever Young."The bloke who was sitting in the middle with me ... he really liked it and well, he really made me laugh when he started smiling and carrying on. It was very good.
This is wonderful news. I have a collection of over 60 marionettes and have been thinking about taking them to senior facilities
Not with that “thing”! That “thing” is just going to induce a heart attack.
Punch and Judy?