Life Story Work in Dementia Care: Summary of findings

Kate Gridley; Kate Baxter; Jenni Brooks; Yvonne Frances Birks; Linda Suzanne Cusworth; Victoria Louise Allgar; Gillian Mary Parker

Life Story Work in Dementia Care: Summary of findings

Kate Gridley, Kate Baxter, Jenni Brooks, Yvonne Frances Birks, Linda Suzanne Cusworth, Victoria Louise Allgar, Gillian Mary Parker

Research output: Other contribution

Abstract

In 2012 the Social Policy Research Unit at the University of York launched
the first study of its kind to investigate life story work from first principles.
We asked:
 What is life story work?
 What is considered to be good practice in life story work in
dementia care?
 How do service providers and family carers use life story work?
 Can life story work be evaluated in real world care settings?
 What are the costs of doing life story work as part of everyday care?

Original language	English
Type	research summary
Media of output	pdf
Publisher	Social Policy Research Unit, University of York
Number of pages	4
Place of Publication	York
Publication status	Published - Feb 2016

Keywords

life stories

Access to Document

Life Story Work in Dementia Care - SPRU Research Findings Feb 2016Final published version, 656 KB

3 Seminar/workshop/course
2 Oral presentation

Narrative in Question Seminar Programme, Interdisciplinary Centre for Narrative Studies, University of York
Kate Gridley (Keynote/plenary speaker)
28 Feb 2017
Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Seminar/workshop/course
Life Story Work in Dementia Care: Good practice and getting involved
Kate Gridley (Speaker) & Savitch Nada (Speaker)
3 Nov 2016
Activity: Talk or presentation › Oral presentation

File
The feasibility of studying life story work in dementia care: report from the field
Kate Gridley (Speaker)
28 Apr 2014
Activity: Talk or presentation › Oral presentation

1 Finished

NIHR HS&DR: Improving Care for people with Dementia: development & initial feasibility study for evaluation of Life Story work in dementia care
Gridley, K., Baxter, K., Parker, G. M., Birks, Y. F., Brooks, J. & Cusworth, L. S.
1/07/12 → 31/03/15
Project: Research project (funded) › Research

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Life Story Work in Dementia Care: Summary of findings

Abstract

Keywords

Access to Document

Activities

Narrative in Question Seminar Programme, Interdisciplinary Centre for Narrative Studies, University of York

Life Story Work in Dementia Care: Good practice and getting involved

The feasibility of studying life story work in dementia care: report from the field

Projects

NIHR HS&DR: Improving Care for people with Dementia: development & initial feasibility study for evaluation of Life Story work in dementia care

Cite this