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Integration of the Creative Arts at Walter Reed Bethesda

Integration of the Creative Arts at Walter Reed Bethesda. Background Introduction State of the Field Proposed Program for Walter Reed Mission/Vision/Goals Existing Components current programs Program Development coordination/credentialing evaluation future expansion collaborations

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Integration of the Creative Arts at Walter Reed Bethesda

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  1. Integration of the Creative Arts at Walter Reed Bethesda • Background Introduction • State of the Field • Proposed Program for Walter Reed • Mission/Vision/Goals • Existing Components • current programs • Program Development • coordination/credentialing • evaluation • future expansion • collaborations • research grants

  2. Benefits of Creative Arts Encounters Over 30 years of scientific investigation have demonstrated that creative expression can alter not just moods, attitudes and emotions, but it influences neuro-endocrine pathways that control physiologic outcomes as varied as blood pressure, sleep and the immune response. We are learning how creative expression can: • reduce blood pressure while boosting the immune system and reducing stress • promote relaxation and a sense of well-being • reduce anxiety, depression and pain • promote general quality of life 2009 State of the Field Report National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) and Society for the Arts in Healthcare (SAH)

  3. Benefits of Arts Specific to a Military Population • Art Therapy studied in the context of PTSD has been shown to: • reduce incidence of anxiety & mood disorders • encourage expression of traumatic events • improve Quality of Life • improve self-esteem • enhance emotional self-efficacy • promote reconsolidation of memories http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U1ybfdb7YvM&feature=channel&list=UL Collie et al, 2006 & American Art Therapy Association 2010

  4. Healthcare Institutions with Arts Programs A 2007 study showed that 45% of the 1807 Healthcare Institutions surveyed reported Arts Programs. 2009 State of Science Field Report

  5. Funding for Healthcare Institutions with Arts Programs 2009 State of Science Field Report

  6. The CreativeArtsProgram at Walter Reed • Vision Statement: As the Nation’s Medical Center, we are committed to creating a world-class arts program that advances the field of arts & health while serving our patients, their families, and those who care for them through state-of-the-art models and best practices. • Mission: Walter Reed Bethesda leads military medicine by integrating the creative arts into a comprehensive patient-centered healthcare system, promoting advances in healing, improved quality of life, and holistic care through development, implementation, and assessment of ground-breaking initiatives and strategic partnerships. • Goals: • comprehensive access and accommodations to a full spectrum of arts modalities • enriched environment of care promoting optimal healing and workforce morale • significant contributions to state-of-the-science research and education • establishment of community partnerships and collaborations

  7. The Creative Arts Program at Walter Reed • Creative Arts Program Staff – Two full-time coordinators who provide a rich array of services to wounded warriors, patients, families (including children) and NMA’s in a variety of programs. Coordinates activities between Social Work, OT, PT, MATC, among other clinical units. Additionally providing direction and expertise in establishing policy and program development . • NICoE: Creative Art Therapist/Healing Arts Program - Melissa Walker - integrated outpatient treatment at the NICoE • Intensive Outpatient Psych (IOP) - Vanita Tarpley - Art Therapist for patients of IOP.

  8. The Creative Arts Program at Walter Reed • Stages of Healing – Performing arts series. Hosts performances from a variety of artistic genres for the benefit of staff, patients, and their families. • Purpose is to enrich the caring environment of the medical center by promoting the arts as essential components of health, healing and well-being for all. • The series is intended to: • enhance the healing process, • create a base of support through which participants can relieve the stress that is often associated with health care settings, • enrich the lives of patients, visitors, and staff at WRNMMC. • Annual Cancer Art Show/Healing Arts Exhibit – provides arts showcase for patients, staff, family members and others affected by illness and injury who use arts modalities in their recovery.

  9. The Creative Arts Program at Walter Reed Artists-in-Residence Programs • Smith Center for Healing and the Arts. Initial grant from Red Cross at NNMC. Has been providing professional artists in residence three days/week since Fall 2010 to 4th floor inpatients and their families, and to other selected units upon referral. • ArtStream’s “Allies in the Arts.” Project originated in 2009 through VSA arts and provided professional artists in residence at Mologne House. Evolved into a collaboration with the Red Cross at WRAMC, supported by ArtStream (non profit). Moved to WRNMMC in Sept. 2011, and provides professional artists in residence two days/week to 4th floor inpatients and their families.

  10. The Creative Arts Program at Walter Reed • Warrior Poetry Project – CAPT(ret) Fred Foote, MC, USN – facilitates ongoing poetry sessions and instruction for wounded, ill and injured service members, family members and staff. • Operation Homecoming – Bill O’Brien – Expression & Writing series coordinated by the National Endowment for the Arts and held at NICoE. • MusiCorps(non profit) - Arthur Bloom facilitates musical experiences and music instruction for wounded, ill and injured service members (both in/outpatient) by teaming with community artists (musicians, sound engineering) Sound studios in WRAMC Fisher Houses, now in Bldg 62. Accommodations made for unique disabilities, partnership with rehab clinicians, extended outpatient program.

  11. Program Development • Coordination/Credentialing • centralized calendar of activities • refine process for base, ward, outpatient clearance, vetting of artists • standards for HIPAA, military cultural sensitivity, Psychological First Aid • Evaluation • standard individual and programmatic evaluation process • effectiveness, satisfaction, capacity, resources • Collaborations • National Initiative: Arts & Health in the Military • Leadership Roundtable at the Kennedy Center, 15 November 2012 • National Summit, 10 April 2013 • Research Initiatives/Disseminate Findings • Facilities • needs assessment • focus on universal access

  12. National Initiative for Arts & Health in the Military • National Initiative for Arts & Health in the Military • Multi-year project • Started in 2011 with National Summit at Walter Reed • First time military & civilian collaboration • To discuss how arts engagements can help address key military health issues

  13. National Initiative for Arts & Health in the Military National Initiative Goals • Advance the policy, practice, and quality use of arts and creativity as tools for health in the military • Raise visibility, understanding, and support of arts and health in the military • Make the arts as ‘tools for health’ available to all active duty military, staff, family members, and veterans

  14. National Initiative for Arts & Health in the Military • NATIONAL CONVENINGS Arts & Health in the Military National Roundtable (November 15, 2012) • held at Kennedy Center & attended by senior federal & military leaders • including Secretary Sebelius, Rocco Landesman and RADM Stocks • Asked to brief Senior Military Spouses at Pentagon as follow-up Annual National Summit for Arts & Health in the Military (April 10, 2013) • POLICY PUBLICATIONS Arts & Health In the Military Issue Brief (produced for National Roundtable, 2012) National Initiative for Arts & Health in the Military Blueprint for Action (2013) Annual National Report Card: Arts & Health in the Military (2014)

  15. National Initiative for Arts & Health in the Military • INFORMATION SERVICES Website (preliminary launch in 2013) Webinars (2013 – 2015) • PRACTITIONER TRAINING Arts & Health in the Military Practitioner Training Boot Camps (pilot 2013) Arts & Health in the Military Practitioner Training Manual(2014)

  16. National Initiative for Arts & Health in the Military National Initiative Partners • Americans for the Arts (lead ) • Global Alliance for Arts & Health (lead) • National Endowment for the Arts • Walter Reed National Military Medical Center • National Intrepid Center of Excellence (NICoE) • Creative Healing Connections • Foundation for Art & Healing • National Center for Creative Aging • New York Army National Guard Chaplaincy • Oasis by Design, LLC • Planetree Residential Facilities • Rollins & Associates • Smith Center for Healing and the Arts & the Joan Hisaoka Healing Arts Gallery • The Epidaurus Project • USO Metro • Vet Art Project • VSA, an affiliate of The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts

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