Poetry and Dementia: A Practical Guide

Contents

• Part One: Introductory. Part Two: Reading Poetry.
• 2. 1 What Poems to Choose.
• 2.2. Building a Programme. Part Three: Writing Poetry.
• 3.1. Group-Work and One-to-Ones.
• 3.2. How to Run Groups.
• 3.3. Examples of Group-Work Poems.
• 3.4. Why Do One-to-Ones?
• 3.5. How to do One-to-Ones?
• 3.6. The Art of Listening.
• 3.7. The Art of Transcribing.
• 3.8. The Art of Editing.
• 3.9. Ways of Sharing.
• 3.10. The Present Moment.
• 3.11. Portraits. Part Four: Issues Arising.
• 4.1. Ownership of Poems.
• 4.2. Truth-Telling.
• 4.3. Aims and Objects.
• 4.4. Therapeutic Approaches.
• 4.5. Support for the Poet.
• 4.6. Evaluation. Part Five: Postscript. Part Six: Resources.
• 6.1. Recommendations and References.
• 6.2. Books and Articles.
• 6.3. Organizations and Websites.