Benefits to Your Patients
- Providing your patients with something of value that they need—a journal to help them organize their own self-care—may lead to better health outcomes
- The art project encourages your patients to learn self-care techniques... because it's fun!
- Creative expression is a powerful contribution to the healing process
- Art can offer a reprieve from any overwhelming emotions associated with illness and help reduce stress
- The art project is easy to manage in-house with no messy art supplies—you'll just need colored pencils and the journals
- Cost effective; your art dollars will reach more patients and patients can participate by following art prompts on each page instead of needing a lesson from an instructor
- The journal allows patients to participate in the art project in their own time, when they are ready (versus asking patients to leave their room to go to a specific location at a specific time to create art or having an art instructor come into their room at a time when they might not be feeling up to it)
- Patients can feel connected to others who are going through similar experiences by looking at artwork on this website
- The art project is beneficial for isolated patients and can help reduce germ exposure (because of less time spent in group art events)
- You'll have solid participation numbers for end-of-the-year assessments (the number of books you purchase = your direct reach). If you also hang artwork on your walls or post on your websites/social media, more people will be inspired indirectly.
Creative self-care management is a simple solution that may lead to better health outcomes.
If you have any questions, please contact me. Books will arrive within two weeks of purchase (NOTE: Because of COVID-19, it may take up to a month for your books to arrive—thank you for your patience). If you'd like to order more than 1,000 books, please contact me for a special quote.
