Intensive Interaction and discourses of personhood: A focus group study with dementia caregivers

Cheyann Jade Heap

doi:10.1177/1471301218814389

Intensive Interaction and discourses of personhood: A focus group study with dementia caregivers

Cheyann Jade Heap

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Abstract

Societal discourses of dementia are medicalised and dehumanising. This leads to a social problem: the loss of personhood in dementia care. The communication technique Intensive Interaction, however, honours personhood. The current study aimed to explore how paid caregivers of people with dementia enact societal discourses of dementia, with and without the context of Intensive Interaction. This was to explore ways to address the loss of personhood in dementia care.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	2018-2037
Journal	Dementia
Volume	19
Issue number	6
Early online date	4 Dec 2018
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/1471301218814389
Publication status	Published - 1 Aug 2020

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