· The Anderson’s Experience exhibition opened at the care home on Saturday 14 September and runs until Friday 20 September
· Public invited to come along and learn about care home living, working and visiting
· Project also aims to support a shift in public perceptions around care homes
Researchers from The Innovation School, The Glasgow School of Art (the GSA) in Forres are currently showing the outcomes of their work on care home life being undertaken in partnership with Anderson’s in Elgin. The exhibition runs until Friday 20 September in Anderson’s Care Home at 2 Institution Rd, Elgin,
Anderson’s in Elgin is one of seven care homes which were awarded funding through the Life Changes Trust ‘Rights Made Real’ programme. In collaboration with researchers based at the GSA’s Innovation School in Altyre the project at Anderson’s aims to support more community connections by exploring the role of music in care homes.
Using expertise in design innovation, the researchers have been engaging residents, staff, families and the wider community in a range of co-design activities around living, working and visiting care homes. Last month the project prototyped a programme of music activity which saw participation from children, local musicians and an international performer all the way from America,
“We are delighted to open the exhibition of ‘The Anderson’s Experience’ to showcase the findings and share stories of care home life with the wider public,” says Dr Tara French, Programme Director at The Glasgow School of Art, who is leading the project. “It is a great opportunity for members of the community to come and learn about the project and hear about the ways in which music and the community can come together to play a positive role in the care home context.”
Anderson’s Manager Kathy McGrath-Gunn said “It’s been a great venture for Anderson’s to be involved and work along with the GSA in the ‘making rights real’ project. Their expertise in design innovation has brought a new perspective exploring how music and song within a care home setting can create further openings for care homes to become community musical centres”.
“We hope to welcome new faces to Anderson’s to come and learn about our community connections and hear the stories of ‘The Anderson’s Experience’.”
“A wider ambition of the project is to support a shift in public perceptions around care homes,”Dr French explains, “We also hope that the project will help to communicate the inner life of care homes and move beyond existing perceptions that people might have about care home life.”
The exhibition ‘The Anderson’s Experience’ runs until continue on a drop in basis until Friday 20thSeptember.
For more information about the project visit https://futurehealthandwellbeing.org/bringing-communities-and-care-together/.
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