Culture Time: Experience Participation and Well-being Together in Karlsruhe

Enabling Culture Together and Strengthening Participation

A mindful community experience awaits professionals, volunteers, and companions on Saturday, November 7, 2026, at the Natural History Museum Karlsruhe. The practical training demonstrates how cultural encounters can be valuable, accessible, and beneficial for people with dementia and their companions.

Practical Impulses for Everyday Life

The focus is on simple and practical ways to spend time together. Participants will receive suggestions on how cultural venues can become spaces of encounter and how social participation can be maintained even with dementia. A respectful approach, orientation, and consideration of individual needs form important foundations for a senior-friendly atmosphere.

Experience from Museum Work

Birgit Großhans, a memory trainer, and Anna Ziegler, a gerontologist, lead the training. Both have been organizing museum visits for over two years with people suffering from dementia. Their experiences combine gerontological expertise with concrete ideas for age-appropriate cultural support.

Encounter, Well-being, and Social Participation

Joint viewing, remembering, and exchanging creates closeness and enhances well-being. The training is aimed at employees from care and support, volunteers, and people accompanying individuals with dementia. In a protected setting, new perspectives for more security, appreciation, and community emerge.

Supplementary Online Debriefing

In addition to the in-person event, the offer includes a digital debriefing. Here, experiences can be reflected upon, questions deepened, and practical ideas for one's own work or support can be further developed.

Conclusion: Experience Culture as a Place of Encounter

The free training combines expertise, practical experience, and social participation. Those who want to enable cultural experiences for individuals with dementia will find valuable impulses for mindful and age-appropriate design. Registration is done through the Senior Office of the city of Karlsruhe by phone at 0721 133-5022 or by email at vernetzung-demenz@sjb.karlsruhe.de.

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Sources:

• Karlsruhe Event Calendar – Culture Time Training
• City of Karlsruhe – Culture Time and Participation for People with Dementia
• City of Karlsruhe – Older Generations and Senior Office