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A meeting of minds
— allowing older people with dementia to share their thoughts and experiences about health and social care, using counselling skills | | Author(s) | Marie Mills |
| Journal title | Research Policy and Planning, vol 21, no 2, 2003 |
| Pages | pp 33-42 |
| Source | www.ssrg.org.uk |
| Keywords | Dementia ; Attitude ; Services ; Health services ; Research ; Participation ; Advisory services [elderly] ; Memory and Reminiscence ; Methodology. |
| Annotation | There are significant numbers of older people who have and who will have some type of dementia; and the extent of the limitations of present knowledge is painfully apparent. However, psychotherapeutic interventions, especially with older people with dementia, indicate some interesting lines of inquiry with the literature suggesting that reminiscence is a useful tool in researching the experiential world of dementia and can be combined with counselling skills. Moreover, entrenched positions and attitudes towards dementia are changing. Dementia is no longer perceived as an entirely negative state of being. It is now argued that older people with dementia can retain or maintain personhood and well being. They can 'tell' their story through their words and behaviour. Their story underpins and informs health and social needs. This article explores the use of counselling skills in researching the views and experiences of people with dementia. (KJ/RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-040602211 A |
| Classmark | EA: DP: I: L: 3A: TMB: IT: DB: 3D |
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