Community arts & Care
Understanding the role of community arts-based activities in the relationship between caregiver and care recipient in later life: A coproduced study
About
This study is a funded doctoral project that will explore the role of community arts-based activities in enhancing the relationship between caregiver and care recipient in later life using a co-produced approach.
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Understanding how the arts intersect with the relational experiences of carers and those they care for, and how these experiences may support health in later life is under-researched. This understanding is essential as public health provision increasingly moves towards asset-based models (e.g., social prescribing). Taking a coproduced approach and drawing upon interdisciplinary theories including ecological models and the theoretical domains framework, this studentship explores how the arts may provide support.
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This project sits within the ACRC Academy, a dedicated Centre for Doctoral Training, co-located with the ACRC, whose students will deliver key aspects of the ACRC research agenda through a new doctoral-level research and training programme that will also equip them for careers across a wide range of pioneering and influential leadership roles in the public, private and third sectors.
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Team
/ Elaine Addington
PhD student, University of Edinburgh
/ Dr Caroline Brett
Supervisor, University of Edinburgh
/ Dr Katey Warran
Supervisor, University of Edinburgh
/ Dr Tom Russ
Supervisor, University of Edinburgh