Creative Brainwaves, 1 October 2024

Creative Brainwaves returned for a three-part series of talks and workshops, exploring how our engagement in various creative arts can benefit our brain health. The sessions included brain health specialists, therapists, people living with and working with those affected by acquired brain injury, and a range of artists, musicians and writers. The series was curated and facilitated by Mike Hanrahan, Global Atlantic Fellow for Equity in Brain Health at Global Brain Health Institute, Trinity College Dublin. On Tuesday 1st October, Gráinne Hope, David Hope and Brian Lawlor hosted the first series of talks on Amplifying Voices and Memories Through Music and Storytelling in Care Homes. Grainne Hope is a professional cellist, founder and Artistic Director of Music & Health Ireland, Atlantic Fellow for Equity in Brain Health (GBHI) and Chair with the Arts and Health Coordinators Ireland. David Hope is a professional musician, songwriter, recording artist, music educator, Music & Health practitioner. Brian Lawlor is a professor of old age psychiatry at Trinity College Dublin, and Site Director of GBHI at Trinity.