edna
North Kent Local Authority Arts Partnership, Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance and Syndey De Haan Research Centre
In April 2013, North Kent Local Authorities Arts Partnership (NKLAAP) funded and produced edna – energise dance nourish art; a dance, arts, health and wellbeing project. The aim of the pilot project was to evaluate the benefits to health and wellbeing of dance and arts activities that were stimulating and developed for and with older people in Medway and Gravesend.
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Findings from this small scale pilot project suggest that dance and arts programmes have the potential to improve both physiological and psychosocial wellbeing of older people. It is recommended that commissioning agencies should consider including funding for such interventions in future plans and also support continuing evaluation to increase generalizability and to look at other variables in the physiological and psychological domains.
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(edna report,2014)
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For more information on future edna initiatives please visit www.ednasjourney.co.uk or contact luci@ednasjourney.co.uk or 07748008431
