Co-creating resilience with people living with dementia through intergenerational arts

This article considers how intergenerational arts can help support the resilience of people living with dementia. Theorising a moment of process from Magic Me’s Reflections of Stepney, it analyses how art facilitators help a child and care home resident to overcome the challenge of relating and create a performance together. It particularly considers the possibilities offered by touch as a way for participants to connect. It argues that a creative process which focuses on a physical relationship can help facilitate resilient responses in the co-creation of meaningful relationships between participants living with and without dementia.