Downtown Newark Mural Creative Arts Healthcare Engaging the inner self to express and transform Because within each patient is a person The Two Fridas ~ Frida Khalo Creative Arts Healthcare Recognizes, Values, and Honors Our Inner and Outer Life * The Person who is the patient and their family * The Personhood of the healthcare provider * Breaks through despair and isolation * Forges bonds of shared humanity * Unites Bodies, Minds, Spirits * Joins Right Brain with Left Brain * Allows for Experiencing and Witnessing * Promotes Creativity as a Healing Resource Creative Arts Healthcare Supports and Promotes • • • • • • • • Patient Satisfaction Family Satisfaction Staff Recruitment and Retention Compassion Fatigue/Burn Out Prevention Enhanced Community Relations Multicultural Awareness and Sensitivity Medical Care, Treatment, and Emotional Healing Humanism in Medical Practice Creative Arts Healthcare • • • • • • • • Monthly Grand Rounds Creative Artists in Residence Events Music Listening Program for Patients PALM Room Artist Facilitators Creative Arts Healthcare Program in Residence Arts in Medicine Health Initiative SIG Expressive Arts Workshops Deeply touching the lives of patients, family members, nurses, doctors, other health care providers, students, and also members of the Newark Community The PALM Program (Planned Activity Less Medication) • University Hospital created a program that provides a safe environment for patients experiencing difficulty in resuming independent functioning, isolation /loneliness and impediments to communicating /expressing oneself. • Goals: reorient patients, improve self care ability, improve with communication and express oneself, cope with illness/recovery & enhance socialization/group experience Creative Arts Healthcare PALM Program Initiatives • Certified ceramicist to conduct sessions • Artists from the Wellness, Arts, Enrichment (WAE) Center (an alternative learning center for people with disabilities) are conducting three-hour session three times a week with patients • Music therapist in residence • CD Pharmacy • RN training in Creative Arts