Entangled Narratives - Collaborative Storytelling and the Re-Imagining of Dementia (Hardcover)

As people are living longer on average than ever before, the number of those with dementia will increase. Because many will live a considerable time at home with their diagnosis, we need to know more about the ways people can adapt to and learn to live with dementia in their everyday lives. Lars-Christer Hyden argues in this book that to do so will involve re-imagining what dementia really is and what it can mean to the afflicted and their loved ones. One of the most important everyday opportunities for sharing experiences is the simple act of storytelling. But when someone close to you gradually loses the ability to tell stories and cherish the shared history you have together, this is seen as a threat to the relationship, to the feeling of belonging together, and to the identity of the person diagnosed. Therefore, learning about how people with dementia can participate in storytelling along with their families and friends helps to sustain those relationships and identities. In Entangled Narratives, Hyden not only emphasizes the possibilities that are inherent in collaborative storytelling, but instructs professionals and otherwise healthy relatives to learn how to effectively listen and, ultimately, re-imagine their patients and loved ones as collaborative meaning-makers in their lives.

General

Imprint:	Oxford UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Explorations in Narrative Psychology
Release date:	December 2017
Authors:	Lars-Christer Hyden (Professor of Social Psychology and Director of the Center for Dementia Research)
Dimensions:	237 x 164 x 21mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	248
ISBN-13:	978-0-19-939157-8
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Psychology > Social, group or collective psychology Books > Medicine > Clinical & internal medicine > Neurology & clinical neurophysiology Books > Social sciences > Psychology > Cognition & cognitive psychology > Memory Books > Medicine > Other branches of medicine > Clinical psychology > General Books > Medicine > Nursing & ancillary services > Nursing > Geriatric nursing Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social groups & communities > Age groups > Adults > Elderly Books > Academic & Education > Varsity Textbooks > Nursing Promotions
LSN:	0-19-939157-2
Barcode:	9780199391578

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