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Inspiring change – the arts and older people in Ireland

François Matarasso

François Matarasso describes the magic of the Bealtaine festival for older people in the Republic of Ireland.

Dementia and imagination

Creative approaches help us challenge our conventional notions of engagement with people with dementia.

Both sides of the coin: the distinctive value of art in health care

François Matarasso

Let's stop trying to ‘prove’ the value of arts interventions in health care only according to narrow scientific assessment models, says Baring Foundation trustee François Matarasso.

1 February 2016

Arts and the loneliness of the long lived

The recent findings by Arts Council England on positive effects of the arts on the happiness and wellbeing of older people are compelling.

22 December 2015

New guidance makes NICE end to the year

The inclusion in NICE Guidance Number 32 of the importance of the arts to older people's wellbeing is a welcome Christmas present

22 December 2015

“Getting On” – an automaton by Robert Race – a Baring Foundation Late Style Commission

In 2014 the Baring Foundation invited applications from arts organisations to commission artists who were over 70 years of age to make an original new work of art on the theme of age.