An expressive-arts-based life-death education program for the elderly: A qualitative study

Joshua K M Nan; K. S.Y. Pang; K. K.F. Lam; M. M.L. Szeto; S. F.Y. Sin; C. S.C. So

doi:10.1080/07481187.2018.1527413

An expressive-arts-based life-death education program for the elderly: A qualitative study

Joshua K M Nan^*, K. S.Y. Pang, K. K.F. Lam, M. M.L. Szeto, S. F.Y. Sin, C. S.C. So

^*Corresponding author for this work

Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › peer-review

14 Citations (Scopus)

Abstract

This study endeavors to investigate how healthcare workers, equipped with expressive arts methods, could foster life-death education for the elderly. Forty-nine older adults aged 60 or above joined a 10-session expressive arts-based life-death education program that was led by social workers equipped with expressive arts methods. An ethnographic research approach, with a post-treatment focus group (n = 17), was conducted with the participants. The results showed that expressive arts methods could enhance reorganization of life experiences, promote dealing with ambivalent emotion regarding life-death issues, improve communicating life-death issues with family members, and induce ideas to prepare for death.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	131-140
Number of pages	10
Journal	Death Studies
Volume	44
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/07481187.2018.1527413
Publication status	Published - 3 Mar 2020

Access to Document

10.1080/07481187.2018.1527413

Cite this

@article{c7fc4ce9cfcf466eb078cecd28e257c6,

title = "An expressive-arts-based life-death education program for the elderly: A qualitative study",

abstract = "This study endeavors to investigate how healthcare workers, equipped with expressive arts methods, could foster life-death education for the elderly. Forty-nine older adults aged 60 or above joined a 10-session expressive arts-based life-death education program that was led by social workers equipped with expressive arts methods. An ethnographic research approach, with a post-treatment focus group (n = 17), was conducted with the participants. The results showed that expressive arts methods could enhance reorganization of life experiences, promote dealing with ambivalent emotion regarding life-death issues, improve communicating life-death issues with family members, and induce ideas to prepare for death.",

author = "Nan, {Joshua K M} and Pang, {K. S.Y.} and Lam, {K. K.F.} and Szeto, {M. M.L.} and Sin, {S. F.Y.} and So, {C. S.C.}",

note = "Publisher copyright: {\textcopyright} 2019 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC",

year = "2020",

month = mar,

day = "3",

doi = "10.1080/07481187.2018.1527413",

language = "English",

volume = "44",

pages = "131--140",

journal = "Death Studies",

issn = "0748-1187",

publisher = "Taylor and Francis",

number = "3",

}

TY - JOUR

T1 - An expressive-arts-based life-death education program for the elderly

T2 - A qualitative study

AU - Nan, Joshua K M

AU - Pang, K. S.Y.

AU - Lam, K. K.F.

AU - Szeto, M. M.L.

AU - Sin, S. F.Y.

AU - So, C. S.C.

PY - 2020/3/3

Y1 - 2020/3/3

N2 - This study endeavors to investigate how healthcare workers, equipped with expressive arts methods, could foster life-death education for the elderly. Forty-nine older adults aged 60 or above joined a 10-session expressive arts-based life-death education program that was led by social workers equipped with expressive arts methods. An ethnographic research approach, with a post-treatment focus group (n = 17), was conducted with the participants. The results showed that expressive arts methods could enhance reorganization of life experiences, promote dealing with ambivalent emotion regarding life-death issues, improve communicating life-death issues with family members, and induce ideas to prepare for death.

AB - This study endeavors to investigate how healthcare workers, equipped with expressive arts methods, could foster life-death education for the elderly. Forty-nine older adults aged 60 or above joined a 10-session expressive arts-based life-death education program that was led by social workers equipped with expressive arts methods. An ethnographic research approach, with a post-treatment focus group (n = 17), was conducted with the participants. The results showed that expressive arts methods could enhance reorganization of life experiences, promote dealing with ambivalent emotion regarding life-death issues, improve communicating life-death issues with family members, and induce ideas to prepare for death.

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85058177153&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1080/07481187.2018.1527413

DO - 10.1080/07481187.2018.1527413

M3 - Journal article

C2 - 30523741

AN - SCOPUS:85058177153

SN - 0748-1187

VL - 44

SP - 131

EP - 140

JO - Death Studies

JF - Death Studies

IS - 3

ER -

An expressive-arts-based life-death education program for the elderly: A qualitative study

Abstract

Access to Document

Other files and links

Fingerprint

Cite this