I am writing this letter in response to the article “Dance therapy brings joy and wellbeing to older people” written by Mark Tran. I enjoyed reading this article and agree with some of the points illustrated. Dance therapy is a universally technique that can be used to promote self-worth and develop confidence. Furthermore, it is an expression of an individuals’ willingness to move, learn and reveal themselves through their bodies (Becker, 2001). Not only is dance used for recreational purposes, research shows how it benefits the elderly in a number of ways. Thus, allowing for person growth and enhancing the quality of life amongst older adults.
Health authorities have long known that the arts can play a valuable role in the physical and mental
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In the nursing home I was placed at, the current issue within my aggregate was smoking. After conducting a number of interviews with the smoking residents, the reason behind their smoking habits were how bored and isolated they felt. Although they had a dance program, it was usually instructor led meaning the instructor would perform while the residents looked on. With this in mind, we informed the recreational department and they were able to recruit more instructors to lead and interact with participants. Overall, the residents appreciated these new changes and were eager to have more dance lessons implemented throughout the week. Similarly, Create, a charity that promotes art to vulnerable population also emphasized the importance of having a professional dancer not to perform but to get the elderly to participate (Tran, 2015). Based on my experience, allowing for this involvement engages and empowers the …show more content…
In the same manner, it compared benefits of residents who attended these classes versus the ones who did not. Interestingly enough the residents who didn’t attend were noted as the following; closed and self-focused as well as less interactive. While those in attendance were described as having more life than before, stronger spiritually and in health terms more bubbly (Houston, 2005). Additionally, I was surprised on how music or dance therapy can impact ones health in a number of ways. What opened my eyes was seeing the direct results from my community placement. I was able to learn how therapeutic dance can be and how much the residents enjoyed it. In nursing today, I feel we are too consumed in providing physical care that mental and spiritual health is often excluded. When caring for a client their values and choices should be the primary considerations when planning and providing care. We should care for clients as a whole which includes addresses issues beyond physical care. It’s essential for nurses to move towards a client centered care approach in which clients are viewed as a whole person and its not merely about delivering services but involve empowering, advocating and give the client an opportunity for their voice to be heard (RNAO,
The most impactful class was Holistic Care of the Older Adult, with the interview of the older adult and analyzation of their life (McLean, 2016). I learned that our older population allowed me to dig deeper into my heart to learn and understand and appreciate the beauty of life itself. When I care for adult population, I now practice with a different attitude and have found that listening, learning, and understanding each population is beneficial to my practice, how I care for each individual patient, and to their overall well-being spiritually and culturally. However, as a pediatric nurse, I believe that applying my new knowledge into holistically caring for the families is the difference between basic nursing care and striving to provide excellent care. Nursing Research, has allowed me to delve deeper into complex evidence-based and peer reviewed articles. I learned to understanding the different types of articles, validity, sampling, and statistical information while using concrete thinking of complex issues (Cauble, 2017). I have a deeper thought process, understand complex concepts, and have the desire to provide my patient of any age, the best care possible by using evidence-based
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I have always been fascinated by the many arts. Around September of last year, I discovered a show that had to do with dancing and singing, which caused me to have a slight interest in the former. In November, my best friend showed me a band that is talented in dancing, and this group has fueled my curiosity. Furthermore, I have already taken a few steps towards learning their dances. I aspire to accomplish the ability to dance because of this group, I am trying to learn the choreography to their songs, and I want to perform in front of people who enjoy watching others dance.
The best expression of dance comes from a skilled and experienced dancer. Ultimately, I want to dance the dance of medicine in a way that fully expresses the essence of the dance, which is a dance of knowledge and compassion. A dancer that can take the music and choreography and express the essence of the dance, has an indefinable quality that only those with a pure love for their calling can possess. In dance, that special quality is what separates the average dancer from Baryshnikov or Pavlova. That aspect is one that intertwines unsurpassable skill with a focused relentless devotion to the task. Although I have danced since the age of three, I know I do not have this prima ballerina quality, but as a future doctor, this same kind of quality is what drives me.
... social dance. Many people in today’s society enjoy social; dancing. Chapter eleven dance concert, properly planning and establishing a dance concert is of the utmost importance. The partnership with the lighting designer usually takes priority over all other factors. One of the most important issues concerning customers has to do with mobility. The dancer must be able to move comfortably in the costume. The task of producing a dance concert is an overwhelming and tiring one. Chapter twelve dance in education and career in dance, many dance educators present the argument that teaching and learning dance as an art form is obviously absent from the American student education. There has always been and always will be people who have a love, desire, and passion to instruct and learn the art of dance, will ensure an important place for dance in higher education.
“Hey girl, what are you doing?” “Girl, I’m practicing on this dance. I been dancing and training for hours and hours, I am exhausted. “Although it is not a proven Fact, many people do not consider dancing as a sport, yet serious competitive dancers undergo the same amount of training as competitive athletes in regular sports. This paper will prove that dancing is and can be accounted as a competitive sport. Various opinions have been made due to the weather people think dancing can or cannot be accounted as a sport. In my research paper I am for and do think that dancing is considered as a competitive sport. The interesting idea about dance that I've came across is that it can be many things to many people. Is it a sport? Yes, it can be. Same as Golf can be considered a sport simply because it is a competition. Many Ballroom dancers compete, as well as dance teams in High School and Colleges across the nation. Is it an art form? Absolutely, some people paint on canvas and it last many years, and some people use space as their canvas, and their bodies are the paintbrush making their art more fragile and more fleeting than a painting could ever be. Dancing can also be used as a tool for political statements, a voice for those who move in such a way to express their joys or sorrows. Can dance be taught as a new skill? Yes, reasons being is because dance can be taught just as any other sport can be taught as a skill. Dancing and other sports are very different but similar as well. Dance is widely recognized as a holistic workout, providing for an exercise regime that satisfies the heart as well as the sole. Going much beyond the physical aspects of toning muscles as well as improving agility and cardiovascular fitness, dance offers on...
According to an article by Marjie Gilliam, titled “The many Health Benefits of Dancing,” dance offers a total body workout, using all of the major muscle groups and providing heart-healthy benefits. And that “the benefits can extend beyond fitness.” His study shows that, a recent study in the Journal of Sports Science and Medicine found that teaching the cha-cha to a small group of older adults twice a week for six months was enough to improve their memory and cognitive function on a number of tests. Research published in the New England Journal of Medicine found that ballroom dancing at least twice a week made people less likely to develop dementia (Marjie Gilliam). In my personal experience, dance helped improve my health because it is a form of physical activity. For example, in high school, I was in a dance club and we had to dance to hip hop. It required a lot of body movements and a lot of energy. I remember sweating a lot after an intense hip hop dance session. Moreover, through this dance club I lost weight and got more fit. Thus, dancing definitely benefits our health and keeps our body in shape. In kinesiology where health factors are also present, it is important to reflect that dance has shown many groups of people, past or present, the significance amount of movements it offers as well as health benefits ever since back in the
The career of nursing has countless aspects that are imperative for the effectiveness and overall satisfaction of care for the average person. These aspects include physical care, mental health care, and spiritual care. The aspect of spiritual care includes the nurse assessing her clients’ spiritual health and creating a plan for complete treatment. Spirituality may be a specific object or person the client connects with, so nurses must be aware of each client’s spiritual preference. The United States has a vast diversity of people where every client the nurse encounters will value something completely different. More religious people might value a cross or a bible in their room. Some might want their family to frequently visit. Others might prefer a certain type of music playing at a certain time of the day. With violent protests, mass shootings, and threat of war looming over the Unites States’ head every day, spiritual care is going to be on a major upsurge in the health career fields.
Holistic nursing is a specialty practice that draws on nursing knowledge, theories, expertise and intuition to guide nurses in becoming therapeutic partners with people in their care. This practice recognizes the totality of the human being - the interconnectedness of body, mind, emotion, spirit, social/cultural, relationship, context, and environment (American Holistic Association, 2015, para 2). The learning topic can be found in the goals listed in module two. Specifically, learning the roles of community health in wellness. The second learning goal is how to correctly complete an assessment of the needs of a community. I hope to expand my professional goal into the admiration of a community based health program. Module 7 will give the background to determine the services needed in the community. Additionally, Module 8 will enable me to gather the data and
People are dancers in a certain way, how about we draw those dance moves out of your soul and dance all night. Have you ever thought to yourself, “Should I join ballroom dance? Maybe it’s not for me.” Ballroom dance is for everyone. Ballroom is a dance type where one grabs a partner and learns routines. Ballroom dance started with Cha Cha and Waltz plus it has been around since late 1800’s, early 1900’s. Multiple people say ballroom is not a sport however in reality it is a intense sport. Ballroom went from being 2 dances to having 2 categories of style. It started with Cha-Cha and Waltz; Now there’s Jive, Swing, Rumba, Lindy Hop, Samba, Tango, Quickstep, Paso Doble, and remarkably several more. They are enjoyable for all ages and helps everyone physically and mentally and in multiple ways. With all the physical and mental health benefits, Ballroom should be implied furthermore as an extracurricular activity for all ages.
Creativity is the basis of humanity; it is essential for survival. Involving oneself in creativity is a gateway to expressing deep inner thoughts. Art therapy is a combination of psychology and art; its purpose is to help others feel open to communicate thoughts and emotions through art. According to Psychneuro, art plays an important role in the mental and physical health of humanity. When researchers ask “what is art” the answers vary from person to person. Psychneuro, discusses how patients that are physically involved in making art or even viewing art during rehabilitation, are more likely to need less pain killers and heal quicker. Furthermore, when discussing the healing of the mind, art tends to boost cognitive skills, cope depression
Dancing is a form of art that allows many children to express themselves through body motion while developing many skills. Children throughout the world have been dancing since the day they began walking. When a child to take their first steps and puts together the simplest combination of movements, that would be considered as dancing. Music also plays a major role in the development of children understanding dance, because it is can be used as an accompaniment, and can help children get a better feel for the rhythm in dances. Over the past century educators have come to the conclusion that dance serves as a form of art, and should be taught in public schools and colleges to help the growth in children of all ages both physically, mentally, and academically.
In The Third Chimpanzee (2006) Jarred Diamond argues art as communication is a biological imperative, necessary for survival, with precedents in the animal kingdom. As human life evolves and higher mental functions develop, art takes on more complex meanings. Over 40,000 years ago cave dwellers of Lascaux created paintings, statues, and musical instruments. These are the first indications of the importance of symbolic expression in rituals and reflect the belief that art is magic, can effect change, or be transformative. The use of therapies as preventative or reparative treatment has been around since ancient times. Medicine, anthropology, and the arts contain many references to using expressive modalities for healing purposes. The Egyptians are believed to have encouraged artistic activity in the mentally ill, the Greeks used drama and music in therapeutic ways, and European Renaissance physicians recognized the affects of ...
This research is important because I need to know how dance can help me. This also very helpful to me because it showed me another was to relieve stress and calm my anxiety. This research demonstrated another reason for me to stay dancing. Dancing creates a creative outlet for me, something that we don’t really have in regular life, a place to express yourself. These results give me a drive to stay in dance. These discoveries with keep me safe and healthy while I dance.
...to young generation as a good example of being devoted and willing person to learn more about in the field of dancing. As we all know that dancing never dies because it is like a legend that will never vanished because of the great follower who also wants to learn from it. And as an example, I am one of these persons who actually dedicate the entire life just because of dancing. That as I dance, I always feel the contentment and excitement that it gave to me as a performer and at the same time a dancer that God has given and rewarded to me. I’m so very blessed to have this kind of talent because it helps me to achieve what I wanted to be to help my family who loved and cared for me always.