TY - JOUR
T1 - Ageing Well with Creative Arts and Pets
T2 - The HenPower Story
AU - Hodgson, Philip
AU - Cook, Glenda
AU - Johnson, Amy
AU - Abbott-Brailey, Hilary
PY - 2022/9/6
Y1 - 2022/9/6
N2 - HenPower is a programme that enables older people who live with dementia in care homes to take part in hen-keeping and hen-related creative activities. It was introduced into UK care homes to address evidence suggesting older adults who live with dementia in care homes can experience diminished personal wellbeing. This study aimed to 1) assess the impact of HenPower on people who have dementia who are living in a care home and 2) explore care home staff views and experiences of the HenPower programme. A nested qualitative design was adopted, utilizing observation of 29 older people who live in a care home and 25 staff individual and small-group interviews. Five themes emerged: ongoing meaningful engagement with hens, self-expression through creative activities, improved mood and participation, improved social interaction, and enhanced living environment. HenPower offers potential wellbeing benefits to older people living in care homes, many of which echo with existing evidence on non-pharmacological approaches.
AB - HenPower is a programme that enables older people who live with dementia in care homes to take part in hen-keeping and hen-related creative activities. It was introduced into UK care homes to address evidence suggesting older adults who live with dementia in care homes can experience diminished personal wellbeing. This study aimed to 1) assess the impact of HenPower on people who have dementia who are living in a care home and 2) explore care home staff views and experiences of the HenPower programme. A nested qualitative design was adopted, utilizing observation of 29 older people who live in a care home and 25 staff individual and small-group interviews. Five themes emerged: ongoing meaningful engagement with hens, self-expression through creative activities, improved mood and participation, improved social interaction, and enhanced living environment. HenPower offers potential wellbeing benefits to older people living in care homes, many of which echo with existing evidence on non-pharmacological approaches.
KW - Older people
KW - animal-based approaches
KW - care homes
KW - creative arts methods
KW - dementia
KW - non-pharmacological approaches
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85137760227&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/01924788.2022.2116548
DO - 10.1080/01924788.2022.2116548
M3 - Article
JO - Activities, Adaptation and Aging
JF - Activities, Adaptation and Aging
SN - 0192-4788
ER -