Highlights
- •Arts activities lead to positive outcomes for people with dementia.
- •We used social return on investment (SROI) analysis to assess the social and economic benefits of an arts intervention.
- •We found that people with dementia experienced improved cognition and physical health.
- •Care home staff had increased confidence in using arts interventions.
Abstract
Background
Direct involvement in creative activities can have benefits in terms of improved attention
and positive engagement for older people. We used the social return on investment
(SROI) approach to explore the social and economic benefits of arts activities for
older people living in residential homes in England.
Methods
We complied with the CHEERS checklist and followed the six stages of SROI as reported
in the literature.
Results
We identified three main stakeholders: care home residents, care home personnel, and
activity co-ordinators. For residents, the outcomes of interest were: community inclusion,
mental and physical health, improved cognition and decreased social isolation. For
care home personnel and activity co-ordinators the outcomes were: improved skills
in caring for older people and increased confidence in using arts interventions. The
analysis yielded an SROI of £1.20 for every £1 of expenditure. The sensitivity analysis
revealed that when we consider a displacement rate of 15% for all the outcomes of
all participating stakeholders, the Imagine study is unlikely to report a ratio that
is less than £1.02 for every £1.00 invested.
Conclusions
Findings could inform policy decisions about investment in the arts and health or
social care.
Keywords
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Article info
Publication history
Published online: March 13, 2019
Accepted:
February 13,
2019
Received in revised form:
February 11,
2019
Received:
December 20,
2018
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