Storytelling is an important method of communication at all stages of life. Sharing narratives about lived events and experiences provides topics of conversation and opportunities for connecting with other people. In this paper we apply a conventional model of storytelling to the verbal reminiscences of older people with a dementia diagnosis. Their stories retain the conventional structure, suggesting that storytelling, which is an enjoyable and engaging social activity, can provide a conversation model for people with dementia
Dementia is a group of symptoms related to memory loss and overall cognitive impairment (American Sp...
Medical sciences in their classic approach focus on objectively measured dimensions of human functio...
This paper describes a study conducted in a Care Home with six women affected by dementia. The study...
Persons with dementia (PWDs) frequently find that communicative and cognitive problems may get in th...
In this paper, we argue that the capacity for narrative agency is significantly compromised in indiv...
Literature review. A systematic review of the literature on the effects of reminiscence on communica...
Abstract — Family caregivers who support persons with dementia are deeply stressful because they do ...
Stories about dementia have ethical implications. Both cultural and fictional narratives about this ...
The dementias are illnesses which have significant cultural prominence and feature in a wide range o...
BACKGROUND: There has been increasing interest in dementia care in recent years, including how pract...
In order to make a narrative more interesting, narrators often represent what the protagonists say i...
The number of people living with dementia is continuing to increase. Past research found benefits of...
This chapter uses tools from Systemic Functional Linguistics to analyze how two women with dementia ...
Dementia remains widely feared and stigmatised in contemporary society. Popular representations comm...
It is well recognized that when people are living with a dementia, effective communication can be a ...
Dementia is a group of symptoms related to memory loss and overall cognitive impairment (American Sp...
Medical sciences in their classic approach focus on objectively measured dimensions of human functio...
This paper describes a study conducted in a Care Home with six women affected by dementia. The study...
Persons with dementia (PWDs) frequently find that communicative and cognitive problems may get in th...
In this paper, we argue that the capacity for narrative agency is significantly compromised in indiv...
Literature review. A systematic review of the literature on the effects of reminiscence on communica...
Abstract — Family caregivers who support persons with dementia are deeply stressful because they do ...
Stories about dementia have ethical implications. Both cultural and fictional narratives about this ...
The dementias are illnesses which have significant cultural prominence and feature in a wide range o...
BACKGROUND: There has been increasing interest in dementia care in recent years, including how pract...
In order to make a narrative more interesting, narrators often represent what the protagonists say i...
The number of people living with dementia is continuing to increase. Past research found benefits of...
This chapter uses tools from Systemic Functional Linguistics to analyze how two women with dementia ...
Dementia remains widely feared and stigmatised in contemporary society. Popular representations comm...
It is well recognized that when people are living with a dementia, effective communication can be a ...
Dementia is a group of symptoms related to memory loss and overall cognitive impairment (American Sp...
Medical sciences in their classic approach focus on objectively measured dimensions of human functio...
This paper describes a study conducted in a Care Home with six women affected by dementia. The study...