Development of the 'Museum Health and Social Care Service' to promote the use of arts and cultural activities by health and social care professionals caring for older people.

It is well documented that engagement in arts and cultural activities contributes to improving and maintaining the health and well-being of older people. Despite this, many health and social care professionals do not recognize or accept arts and cultural activities as relevant to their care remit. To address this, a team of 17 individuals comprising older service users, and staff from a range of health and social care, arts, and museum and archive services in North East England worked collaboratively to design and develop the Museum Health and Social Care Service (MHSCS). MHSCS is a resource and training package that reinforces the care and clinical benefits of arts and cultural activities to older people's health and wellbeing, aimed at supporting health and social care professionals to acknowledge and use these activities as integral to care delivery. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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