Abstract
In The Birth of Tragedy, Friedrich Nietzsche celebrated the dueling forces of reason and emotion as personified by the ancient Greek gods Apollo and Dionysus. A subtle Apollonian-Dionysian balance can be observed in TimeSlips, a group-based creative storytelling activity developed in the 1990s and increasingly used in dementia care settings worldwide. This article explains how the Apollonion-Dionysian aspects of TimeSlips are beneficial not only for persons with dementia, but also for their carers. Narrative data from medical students at Penn State College of Medicine who participated in TimeSlips at a local retirement community are shared.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 399-403 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | Journal of Medical Humanities |
| Volume | 34 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Sep 2013 |
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SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Health(social science)
- Health Policy
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