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| The use of naturally-occurring objects within nursing homes by residents with dementia | | Author(s) | Alex Stephens, Richard Cheston, Kate Gleeson |
| Journal title | PSIGE Newsletter, no 118, January 2012 |
| Publisher | Psychologists' Special Interest Group in Elderly People - PSIGE, British Psychological Society, January 2012 |
| Pages | pp 20-28 |
| Source | http://www.psige.org.uk |
| Keywords | Dementia ; Residents [care homes] ; Cognitive processes ; South West England. |
| Annotation | The authors presents material from 30 hours of observations within a nursing home in south-west England. The residents' use of objects is evaluated in terms of a framework developed from D W Winnocott's description of transitional objects. The authors conclude that there is evidence that a number of residents were using objects in ways that met Winnicott's criteria, and that other instances of attachment-related behaviour were also observed. The implications of these findings for dementia care are discussed. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-121009204 A |
| Classmark | EA: KX: DA: 82Y |
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