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"Trying to continue to do as much as they can do"
— theoretical insights regarding continuity and meaning making in the face of dementia | | Author(s) | Heather L Menne, Jennifer M Kinney, Darby J Morhardt |
| Journal title | Dementia: the international journal of social research and practice, vol 1, no 3, October 2002 |
| Pages | pp 367-382 |
| Keywords | Dementia ; Early ; Attitude ; Theory ; Qualitative Studies ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | Face-to-face interviews with 6 individuals in the early stages of dementia explored their day-to-day experiences of dementia. The commonality that emerged across the interviews was the participants' desire to maintain continuity with their previous way of life while coping with dementia-necessitated changes. This commonality is conceptualised in terms of Atchley's (1989) articulation of continuity theory and Park and Folkman's (1997) framework of meaning making. This research highlights how, despite their impairment, individuals with dementia not only are able but strive to maintain continuity and to make meaning of their situations. The results show that it is possible to gain insight from those in the early stages of dementia; the underlying practical and clinical implication is the importance of encouraging the maintenance of personhood by listening to the desires and concerns of those with dementia. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-021217210 A |
| Classmark | EA: 4J: DP: 4D: 3DP: 7T |
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