 Dalia
Gottlieb-Tanaka, PhD
Dalia Gottlieb-Tanaka earned her PhD from the University of British
Columbia, in the Institute of Health Promotion Research and the
Interdisciplinary Studies Program. She graduated in 1976 from the
Bezalel Academy of Arts & Design in Jerusalem, and received a Master
of Architecture degree in 1980 from the University of British
Columbia. After working in architecture for about 30 years and
raising a family, Dalia returned to school to pursue a new direction
in gerontology, specifically in the study of creative expression,
dementia and the therapeutic environment. The Creative Expression
Activities Program she conceived and developed for seniors with
dementia won an award from the American Society on Aging and the
MetLife Foundation. She continues to deliver presentations and
workshops demonstrating the program in the US and Canada.
Dalia founded the Society for the Arts in Dementia Care in British
Columbia and is the moving force behind the annual conferences and
workshops on creative expression, communication and dementia (CECD).
She is an adjunct professor at UBC and an instructor in the
Architectural Science Program at the BC Institute of Technology. In
2003, she curated an exhibition of artwork produced by the seniors
with dementia she worked with. More than 4,000 people from all walks
of life visited the show at The Ferry Building Gallery in West
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| Publications
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Gottlieb-Tanaka, D.,
Small, J.A., & Yassi, A. (2003). A program of creative expression
activities for seniors with dementia. Dementia, The International
Journal of Social Research and Practice.
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Gottlieb-Tanaka, D.
(2004). Creativity, Dementia and the Therapeutic Environment.
architectureBC, The Journal of the Architectural Institute of
British Columbia.
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Gottlieb-Tanaka, D.
(2006). Dissertation. Creative Expression, Dementia and the
Therapeutic Environment. University of British Columbia. June
2006.
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Gottlieb-Tanaka, D.
(2006). A Guide for Creative Expression Activities. Working with
seniors with early to moderate dementia. CD e-book and videos.
Self-published.
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Please Visit:
The Society for the Arts in Dementia Care
Dementia-Activities.com
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