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Relatedness among people diagnosed with dementia
— social cognition and the possibility of friendship | | Author(s) | Steven R Sabat, Joanna M Lee |
| Journal title | Dementia: the international journal of social research and practice, vol 11, no 3, May 2012 |
| Pages | pp 315-327 |
| Source | http://dem.sagepub.com/ |
| Keywords | Dementia ; Social interaction ; Communication ; Friendship. |
| Annotation | The social relatedness of people in the moderate stage of dementia is explored. The authors report on the ways in which people diagnosed with dementia attending an adult day centre in the US developed patterns of what appeared outwardly to be positive social interaction and sustained and supportive communication. They go on to explore the possible meaning of this for the social lives of dementia sufferers in other settings such as long term care. The observations were made over a four month period. Mutually desired, independently initiated, supportive social relationships were observed revealing meaning-driven behaviour that would not have been predicted by the criteria that contributed to their diagnosis. Losses in social functioning described in the clinical diagnosis of dementia appear to be caused more by social dynamics involving healthy others than by brain injury alone. Implications for the non-pharmacological treatment of people with dementia are explored and discussed within the context of positive person. (JL). |
| Accession Number | CPA-120720004 A |
| Classmark | EA: TMA: U: DS:SX |
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