Preserved painting creativity in an artist with Alzheimer's disease.
Creativity in any of its forms, either visual, musical, literary or performing arts, may be conceived as a cognitive capability, and should be actively explored in relation to patients with Alzheimer disease and related dementias, even when other cognitive functions do not allow us to even communicate with them. We are reporting the case of a talented artist with the diagnosis of early onset Alzheimer disease (AD) with progressive cognitive impairment but with preservation of her creativity until very late in the course of the disease.
Fornazzari
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Geriatric Mental Health Program, Multilingual Multicultural Memory Clinic, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. luis_fornazzari@camh.net
D000544:Alzheimer Disease / Q000266:history / Q000523:psychology*; D001680:Biographies as Topic; D003405:Creativity; D005260:Female; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods; D010151:Paintings / Q000266:history; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D013702:Temporal Lobe / Q000473:pathology