Lincoln center moments: integrating accessibility and enhancement through expanding performing arts experiences.

Background: Exposure to the arts is vital to our quality of life, providing opportunities for social connection, engagement with past hobbies and perhaps most essentially in providing the potential for enhanced means of expression. For individuals with dementia and their care-givers, access to the arts can be challenging.

Method: This article describes a pilot program designed to enhance access by people with dementia and to provide deeper engagement with artists, therapist s and caregivers.