Background and Objectives: A dementia diagnosis can impact on social interactions. This study aims to understand how people living with dementia act as social beings within everyday interactions in their local communities. Research Design and Methods: Focused ethnography informed by Spradley’s approach to data collection and analysis. Observations in community spaces. Results: Twenty-nine observations were undertaken in everyday social settings with 11 people with dementia who were part of a longitudinal interview study. Data consisted of 40 hours of observation, and researcher fieldnotes. The overarching theme ‘The dynamic nature of being a person’ encapsulates participants’ exhibited experiences in negotiating to attain and sustain an ack...
BACKGROUND: Dementia leads to multiple issues including difficulty in communication and increased ...
This study explored the impact of dementia on the identity and selfhood of women. It found that, in ...
The social sciences have and continue to play a unique role in the study of dementia and dementia ca...
Background : A dementia diagnosis can impact on social interactions. This study aims to understand h...
Background : A dementia diagnosis can impact on social interactions. This study aims to understand h...
The clinical symptoms of dementia include difficulty with speech, poor short-term memory, and change...
The clinical symptoms of dementia include difficulty with speech, poor short-term memory and changes...
It has become commonly expected that the “personhood” of people with dementia should be recognised, ...
This thesis investigates the intersections of social class and gender with the early dementia experi...
It has become commonly expected that the “personhood” of people with dementia should be recognised, ...
Within western cultures, portrayals of dementia as ‘a living death’ are being challenged by people l...
The growing global prevalence of dementia coupled with a shift in public perception from a hopeless ...
Abstract This article describes an ongoing interdisciplinary research study1 with community-dwelling...
Many people try to present their best side to the pubic world; people with dementia are no exceptio...
BACKGROUND: Dementia leads to multiple issues including difficulty in communication and increased ...
BACKGROUND: Dementia leads to multiple issues including difficulty in communication and increased ...
This study explored the impact of dementia on the identity and selfhood of women. It found that, in ...
The social sciences have and continue to play a unique role in the study of dementia and dementia ca...
Background : A dementia diagnosis can impact on social interactions. This study aims to understand h...
Background : A dementia diagnosis can impact on social interactions. This study aims to understand h...
The clinical symptoms of dementia include difficulty with speech, poor short-term memory, and change...
The clinical symptoms of dementia include difficulty with speech, poor short-term memory and changes...
It has become commonly expected that the “personhood” of people with dementia should be recognised, ...
This thesis investigates the intersections of social class and gender with the early dementia experi...
It has become commonly expected that the “personhood” of people with dementia should be recognised, ...
Within western cultures, portrayals of dementia as ‘a living death’ are being challenged by people l...
The growing global prevalence of dementia coupled with a shift in public perception from a hopeless ...
Abstract This article describes an ongoing interdisciplinary research study1 with community-dwelling...
Many people try to present their best side to the pubic world; people with dementia are no exceptio...
BACKGROUND: Dementia leads to multiple issues including difficulty in communication and increased ...
BACKGROUND: Dementia leads to multiple issues including difficulty in communication and increased ...
This study explored the impact of dementia on the identity and selfhood of women. It found that, in ...
The social sciences have and continue to play a unique role in the study of dementia and dementia ca...