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Six years after Covid, care home staff and managers are still coming to terms with the terrible toll the pandemic took on residents, colleagues and their loved ones. Magic Me is pleased to add our expertise to the ongoing discussion about Covid recovery with the publication of a new report which features its Artist Residencies in Care Homes project and the role it took in addressing post-Covid trauma.
“Trauma to recovery”: the role of participatory arts in facilitating recovery from COVID-19-related trauma in care homes is a new research paper written by Anglia Ruskin University academics
Ceri Wilson, Anna Dadswell and Hilary Bungay.
The paper suggests a way for everyone working in care homes – staff and those visiting facilitators who deliver projects like our own Spark – might support trauma recovery through their day to day interactions. It discusses creating safe and inclusive spaces, training and support for artists / facilitators, building trusting and collaborative relationships, empowering care home staff and residents, and channelling the power of the participatory arts to foster joy.
Demonstrable impact from our projects is always something we are keen to deliver – thank you to all our academic partners who provide such rigorous evidence of our effect.
