Grief support for older people with dementia

Sep 20, 2023 | Dementia, general

How do senior citizens with advanced stages of dementia perceive or remember the death of a beloved person?  What signs can we recognize that might indicate that a person with dementia is experiencing grief? How can we best support them? Read the interview with Ibon...

Dementia Care Mapping: a tool to measure quality of live and quality of care of older people

Sep 20, 2023 | Dementia, general

As a person’s dementia progresses, the cognitive functioning is decreasing, resulting in reduced communication and social isolation. The elderly seems to withdraw into their own world. How is it possible to tell their needs and if their needs are met? Interview with...

„I don’t know. This is what I knew.“

Dec 13, 2022 | Dementia

Read in Croatian. Working with elderly with dementia is not easy. Sendi Bakotić from the Clownexus partner Crveni Nosovi in Croatia shares her insights on how to connect with elderly who seem not to respond to outside stimuli. Sendi Bakotić: My grandma had developed...

World Alzheimer’s Day – how to connect with elderly with dementia

Sep 19, 2022 | Dementia

Within the ClowNexus project RED NOSES is partnering with other healthcare clown organisations to dive deep into working more impactful with elderly with dementia and children with autism. Among the partners is Pallapupas from Spain, where we interviewed two...

Dementia Laboratory Barcelona

Jun 23, 2022 | Dementia, Artistic Laboratories

Read in Spanish From May 15 to 20, more than 20 international artists and specialists from seven countries gathered for the dementia laboratory of the ClowNexus project. In May 2022, Pallapupas has led the second laboratory on dementia of the Clownexus project, which...

Dementia: Clowning on silent sole

Apr 4, 2022 | Dementia

Read in German In February, a very special event took place at the Dementia Competence Center “MaVida Park Velden” in Austria: Six RED NOSES clowns did a sensitive visit to the residents of the senior citizen’s home  following the motto “Clowning on silent...