Category Archives: measurement of impact

AHA! The report!

Posted on November 30, 2017 by

Almost 2 years ago I wrote a post about projects that I was (then) working on, in collaboration with staff from Beamish Museum. Both projects are now complete. The smaller, ‘Mens’ Group’ project was really interesting and we learnt a … Continue reading →

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The end of a conversation?

Posted on May 27, 2016 by

I’ve had a couple of conversations which went along the lines of “Have you read the REMCARE report? It shows that reminiscence work has negative effects on participants.” It seemed as though these colleagues felt that this was the end … Continue reading →

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Fluid thinking and creativity: constructs and tasks

Posted on January 16, 2016 by

I recently read an interesting paper which reported a pilot study on the effects of creative reminiscence on people with dementia and their carers (Fletcher & Eckberg, 2014). The paper is helpful in a variety of ways, not least for … Continue reading →

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ICCHS and Beamish Museum projects

Posted on December 6, 2015 by

Originally posted on ICCHS Research:
ICCHS staff are working with colleagues at Beamish Museum to investigate the impact of the museum’s work with older people in two, separate projects. Beamish Museum is an open air museum which tells the story…

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Notes from Norway

Posted on May 30, 2013 by

Last week I had the pleasure of travelling to Norway to visit a couple of museums. I was primarily visiting a student on placement at the Norsk Utvandrermuseet (Norwegian Emigrant Museum) in Hamar. However, I’d also recently found out about … Continue reading →

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Imagining pathways to impact

Posted on May 6, 2013 by

The previous entry was based on some speculative ideas; this one leaps into a speculative/imaginative domain in order to work through some ideas that have been niggling me. I have various bug-bears… I find the rhetorical insistence on the centrality … Continue reading →

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Digital Storytelling and Dementia report

Posted on May 10, 2012 by

I’ve recently been working on a project for the TWAM Outreach Team. They had done some digital storytelling workshops with people with dementia and the workshop leaders had observed some positive outcomes for the participants. I did some literature research … Continue reading →

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