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Reality orientation in institutions for the elderly
— the perspective from interactional sociolinguistics | | Author(s) | Karen Grainger |
| Journal title | Journal of Aging Studies, vol 12, no 1, Spring 1998 |
| Pages | pp 39-56 |
| Keywords | Dementia ; Confusion ; Therapy ; Institutional accommodation. |
| Annotation | This article applies a sociolinguistic perspective to the appraisal of reality orientation, a form of therapy used with confused older people. By drawing on theories of social interaction and empirical research in the area of communication and older people, the author argues that reality orientation is methodologically naive and fundamentally ill-conceived as a way of improving the quality of life for institutionalised older people. Some of the verbal strategies that therapists are advised to use are examined, as are some of the basic concepts involved, such as `confusion' and `reality'. Although reality orientation has benefits and uses in some spheres, the author argues that it also has the potential to be detrimental to institutional quality of life by perpetuating the institutional roles of staff and residents and by providing an inadequate panacea for confusion when other solutions may be more effective. (AKM). |
| Accession Number | CPA-980424406 A |
| Classmark | EA: EDC: LO: KV |
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