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Travel in time and space | An art walk on Nacka hospital

Project title

Resa i tid och rum | En konstvandring på Nacka sjukhus

Description of initiative

The title of the project is “Travel in time and space - an art walk on Nacka hospital". The purpose of the art walks is to help the art of stimulating the health of the patient to thereby increasing the experience of health. The patients on the wards are usually aged 50–80 years and usually stays around one to 30 days. The project wants to take advantage of and make art visible as a resource in the staff's work with the wards' patients and stimulate social interaction between patients, between patients and staff and between patients and relatives visiting. Another goal is to generate experience as other care activities may benefit from similar future initiatives. The the overall goal is thus to raise patients' quality of life by integrating art into care and the care work.

Further information on the initiative

Themes: Culture and...

Individual well-being
Mental health
Physical health

Keywords

walks, art, mental health, well-being, older people

Target group

Older people

Cultural field

Visual arts

Timeframe

2017 - 2019

Results, benefits, impact and lessons learnt

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Organizer(s)

Nacka Närsjukhus
Sweden
Public / State | Health

Partner(s)

Kompetenscentrum för kultur och hälsa
Sweden
Public / State | Culture