PainAid holds co-creative workshops with people living with dementia 

As part of the PainAid project, we held co-creative workshops with people living with dementia to better understand how pain is felt, expressed, and communicated when words are not always available. 

Through gentle, supportive activities involving touch, colour, movement, images, and body-based reflection, participants shared important insights into the many ways pain can be communicated beyond verbal language. 

These workshops reminded us that pain in dementia is not only physical, but also deeply embodied, relational, and context-dependent. They also highlighted the importance of designing future pain assessment approaches that are more inclusive, humane, and responsive to lived experience. 

We thank all participants and the teams at Στέγη Καϊμακλίου “Αρχάγγελος Μιχαήλ” Κέντρο Αποκατάστασης Άνοιας for supporting this important stage of the project. 

• Amen Cyprus – Στέγη Καϊμακλίου “Αρχάγγελος Μιχαήλ” και Κέντρο Αποκατάστασης Άνοιας

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