Anne Basting

Anne Davis Basting, is an American gerontologist working as a professor of English at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee's Peck School of the Arts. Her work centers around aging, memory, and dementia, both from the point of view of the elderly and that of society; and of the uses of theater, storytelling, and other arts in eldercare. She is one of the 2016 MacArthur Fellows (recipients of the $625,000 so-called "genius grants").

Life She graduated from Colorado College, the University of Wisconsin–Madison, and the University of Minnesota.

Publications

Books

The arts and dementia care: A resource guide, New York: National Center for Creative Aging, 2003,

TimeSlips Creativity Journal. UWM Center on Age & Community, 2004,

Journals Basting, A. D. (2001) "God is a talking horse: Performance of self in dementia". The Drama Review 45(3): 78–94. Basting, A. D. (2003) "Looking back from loss: Performing the ‘self' in Alzheimer’s disease". Journal of Aging Studies 17(1): 87–99. Basting, A. D. (2006) "The arts and dementia care". Generations 30(1): 16–20. De Medeiros, K., and A. D. Basting (2013) "Shall I compare thee to a dose of Donepezil?: Cultural arts interventions in dementia care research".The Gerontologist 54(3): 344–353. McFadden S., and A. D. Basting (2010) "Healthy aging persons and their brains: Promoting resilience through creative engagement". Clinics in Geriatric Medicine 26(1): 149–161.