Publications by authors named "Dave O'Brien"
There is currently widespread concern that access to, and success within, the British acting profession is increasingly dominated by those from privileged class origins. This article seeks to empirically interrogate this claim using data on actors from the Great British Class Survey ( = 404) and 47 qualitative interviews. First, survey data demonstrate that actors from working-class origins are significantly underrepresented within the profession.
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- The paper highlights a lack of theoretical understanding behind visual arts interventions in dementia care and aims to explore how these interventions impact outcomes.
- Through a realist review and qualitative exploration, the authors develop a conceptual framework that identifies key conditions for effective art programmes: providing provocative aesthetic experiences and engaging in responsive artistic practices.
- This framework serves as a foundation to improve future research and practices in arts interventions, emphasizing the importance of theory in enhancing dementia care services.
Introduction: Dementia and Imagination is a multidisciplinary research collaboration bringing together arts and science to address current evidence limitations around the benefits of visual art activities in dementia care. The research questions ask: Can art improve quality of life and well-being? If it does make a difference, how does it do this-and why? Does it have wider social and community benefits?
Methods And Analysis: This mixed-methods study recruits participants from residential care homes, National Health Service (NHS) wards and communities in England and Wales. A visual art intervention is developed and delivered as 1×2-hour weekly group session for 3 months in care and community settings to N=100 people living with dementia.
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- Arts-based activities are being explored for their potential benefits in improving psychosocial outcomes for individuals with dementia, but research methods and results are inconsistent.
- * A realist review will be conducted to analyze how visual arts interventions impact these outcomes, focusing on the role of context and mechanisms involved.
- * The review will include a systematic literature search and explore patterns among various factors and outcomes to enhance understanding of effective arts program models for dementia care.