%0 Journal Article
%T ¡®Well I¡¯m still the Diva!¡¯ Enabling people with dementia to express their identity through graffiti arts: Innovative practice
%A Angela El-Zeind
%A Ben Hicks
%A Denise Carroll
%A Shanti Shanker
%J Dementia
%@ 1741-2684
%D 2019
%R 10.1177/1471301217722421
%X This article reports on a pilot study that investigated the use of graffiti arts as a medium for promoting self-expression in people with dementia. Two people with dementia attended a series of workshops with a graffiti artist where they explored their feelings of changing identity following their dementia diagnoses. As part of the workshops, they were encouraged to develop a personal ¡®tag¡¯ or signature to portray their sense of identity and a piece of street art to express ¡®their message¡¯. These completed artworks were displayed in a public space in Bournemouth, UK
%K dementia
%K identity
%K self
%K graffiti art
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1471301217722421