Arts in Healthcare
Empowering Healing Through Creativity
Why Arts in Healthcare?
Creative engagement in healthcare isn’t just enriching – it’s evidence-based, cost-effective, and genuinely enjoyable for everyone involved.
Arts-based programs have been shown to:
- Reduce stress and anxiety
- Improve emotional wellbeing
- Strengthen patient-staff relationships
- Accelerate recovery and reduce reliance on medication
We collaborate with healthcare providers to embed creativity at the heart of care for patients, families, and staff.
We offer:
- Evidence based creative arts immersive experiences for patients, residents and staff
- Training and mentorship to grow creative capacity across clinical and residential settings
Who We Are
We bring creativity into healthcare and disability settings – delivering therapeutic benefits in hospitals and aged care, and fostering empowerment and inclusion in disability services. Across both, the arts nurture dignity, joy and wellbeing.
Our specialisations include:
- Music
- Drama
- Visual Art
- Storytelling
- Play-based Engagement
Case Studies
Discover how the creative arts support healing, trust, and transformation in real healthcare settings, as well as improve key performance indicators.
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Real stories of patients reconnecting with joy, identity, and confidence
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Practical examples of how creativity improves wellbeing and ward culture
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Insights into the impact on recovery, staff morale, and system efficiency
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A glimpse into the power of person-centred, culturally responsive care
Our Professional Services
Creative Arts Programs
Creative Arts 4 All sessions are delivered in person or online, offering inclusive, responsive, and professionally facilitated creative experiences.
Participants are welcomed into a warm, accessible space where:
- Art becomes a language
- Expression becomes healing
- Every person matters
These programs uplift:
- Acute and long-term care patients
- Staff wellbeing initiatives
- Mental health, palliative care, aged care, paediatric and disability support settings
Advisory & Program Design
We offer expert support for health leaders ready to embed arts into their models of care.
Services include:
- Strategic planning for creative integration in hospitals, aged care, and mental health
- Tailored arts approaches for diverse groups including dementia, paediatrics, neurodivergence, and trauma recovery
Guest Lecturers for Therapeutic Creative Arts Events
We provide inspiring guest lecturers who advocate for the therapeutic power of the creative arts. Through performing and visual arts, our speakers highlight how creative engagement enhances rehabilitation, fosters intergenerational wellbeing and supports recovery across mental health, disability, and hospital-to-home care.
Training & Mentorship
We provide professional development for healthcare workers, artists, and therapists seeking to deliver safe, person-centred arts engagement.
Training supports:
- Diversional therapy
- Emotional regulation
- Patient engagement & de-escalation
- Person-centred care
The Value of Investment
Research shows that investing in therapeutic creative arts leads to measurable outcomes:
- Shorter hospital stays (by up to 3 days)
- Reduced use of pain & anxiety medication
- Lower readmission rates
- Higher patient satisfaction
- Increased staff morale and retention
A Shared Vision
We believe creativity is not a luxury – it’s a core part of providing healthcare. From music and movement to painting and storytelling, the arts turn clinical environments into spaces of hope, dignity, and healing.
Ben has been a very positive connection for our facility.
He is flexible, reliable, and arrives fully prepared for each session. His Arts in Healthcare visits encourage patients to open up, reminisce, and connect, fostering a strong sense of community and something our patients genuinely look forward to each week.
Dannii Thirlwell
Activities Coordinator
Older Persons Mental Health Service South
Roy Fagan Centre
Sessions are pure connection and joy.
Residents who are usually quiet begin to hum along, tap their feet, and even sing and dance. It’s as if the music unlocks something deep within them – a sense of freedom, happiness, and belonging. Over time, these sessions have become a highlight of the week, with staff eagerly asking the CNC when Ben will be back. These sessions remind us that music is a powerful tool for healing, connection, and joy.
Joanne
Clinical Nurse Consultant
Aged Care Facility
Ben Segal brings warmth, creativity, and professionalism to our Roy Fagan Center clients through his inclusive music programs.
His sessions offer moments of joy and connection, especially for those living with dementia or mental illness. Ben’s adaptable approach consistently uplifts both clients and staff, and his presence is deeply valued in our service.
Hania McIver
Senior Allied Health Professional
Older Persons Mental Health Service South
Roy Fagan Centre
People We Have Worked With
Let’s Work Together
Ready to explore how we can bring therapeutic arts into your care setting?