Made with Xara Check back often for updates on art therapy and dementia articles and items of interest in the news! “Use the arts to fight early Alzheimer’s” Excerpted from USA weekend, April 30, 2010 View art. Researchers say art has a positive effect on emotions and can reduce aggression, agitation, apathy and anxiety...Doing art projects at home can improve hand- eye coordination and stimulate neuron activity in the brain. Alzheimer’s hitting minorities the hardest Click the link below to read this recent Medline article http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/news/fullstory_96179.html National Center for Creative Aging  We are co-promotional sponsors for the National Center for Creative Aging’s Health, Wellness and the Arts Symposium Frost Museum Florida International University Miami, FL Tuesday August 3rd, 2010 www.creativeaging.org