CasAperta nodigt duo's uit

CasAperta organiseert 

artistieke en gezellige namiddagen 

voor mantelzorgers samen 

met de persoon voor wie zij zorgen.

Door het samen beleven van muziek, 

beeldende kunst, natuur 

en hieromtrent gedichten en verhalen improviseren 

via de vrije loop van de verbeelding, 

in plaats van herinnering en betekenisgeving, 

kondigt zich onvermijdelijk

een ander inzicht in dementie aan.

De mantelzorger samen met 

de persoon met dementie waarvoor men zorgt 

zijn welkom. 

(Alzheimer dementie, vasculaire dementie, Parkinson dementie, e.a. zonder onderscheid), jonge personen met dementie, oudere personen met dementie, personen met beginnende en gevorderde dementie zijn welkom.

CasAperta, music and arts café 

by people with dementia and their carers 

 Introduction

In CasAperta, music and arts café, people with dementia and their carers, have new experiences together,  enjoy music and arts in the mainstream-cultural scene, make new friends and by participating spread the message “Living well with dementia is possible”. People with dementia and their carers meet monthly for an artistic afternoon in a community center-café, where other visitors are welcome to join and have a drink.

Methods 

By creating stories, poetry, music, drawing, improvisation… a different experience of dementia emerges: imagination opens, there is no failure possible in art.

CasAperta is a support-group as well and has grown into a ‘safe haven’ to enjoy together with their carer ‘networks of intimacy’ other cultural performances in the city of Ghent as opera, classical concerts and participating in cultural museum-programs…

Results 

Since the start in 2016, over 25 duo’s are participating, 

coming from the wide region around Ghent.

CasAperta Music-Salon is newly developed in 2018 as an off-spring: six Sunday-afternoons. In QuatreMains Music-café  classical music, including opera aria’s, dance music… is performed by two young musicians of KASK- School of arts Hogent and very much enjoyed by all the participating people with dementia and their carers. The Music-salon is always fully-booked and duo’s are coming back.

CasAperta believes in the creative capacities of people with dementia and use of imagination, branching out new ways, not holding on to activities people used to enjoy but uses creativity to dwell in the present. 

The group process is very much valued by participants and many reciprocal moments are observed as well as non-verbal reactions that can be interpreted as joy, attention, appreciation.

People with dementia have much to teach us, once the caregiver moves in the world of his partner he or she can assimilate another stand and live in a new way with the partner with dementia so the relationship is changed.