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Learning from the Talk of Persons with Dementia

A Practical Guide to Interaction and Interactional Research

Palgrave Macmillan

Editors:

  • Offers readers a better understanding of the interactional challenges posed by dementia
  • Provides practical strategies to help readers better navigate their day-to-day interactions with persons with dementia
  • Shares insights into both the language and actions selected by participants

Part of the book series: The Language of Mental Health (TLMH)

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xix
  2. Introduction

    • Trini Stickle
    Pages 1-12
  3. The Talk of Persons with Dementia: What Can It Tell Us?

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 13-13
    2. Dementia, Etiologies, and Implications on Communication

      • Cary J. Kohlenberg, Nathaniel J. Kohlenberg
      Pages 15-30
    3. Challenges in Collecting Real-World Dementia Discourse

      • Boyd H. Davis, Charlene Pope
      Pages 31-46
  4. Conclusion: Keeping the Conversation Going

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 241-241
    2. Conclusion: Keeping the Conversation Going

      • Trini Stickle
      Pages 243-247
  5. Back Matter

    Pages 249-255

About this book

This book offers an in depth analysis of the interactional challenges that arise due to various dementias and in a variety of social contexts. By assessing conversations between persons with dementia and their family members, caregivers, and clinicians, it shares insights into both the language and actions selected by the participants. Using several different research methods, authors highlight competencies and areas of struggle, as well as choices that ease interactions along with those that seem to complicate them. Each chapter provides practical strategies to help readers better navigate day-to-day interactions with persons with dementia. The book is part of a continuing effort to offer guidance and hope to those for whom such conversations have become part of their daily lives. It presents concrete recommendations for specific groups such as family members, caregivers, and clinicians; it will also be of interest to researchers in the field of dementia and early career scholars interested in the methodologies discussed.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, USA

    Trini Stickle

About the editor

Trini Stickle is Assistant Professor of English at Western Kentucky University, USA. She chiefly publishes on the linguistic and interactional competencies of persons with dementia and autism. Additionally, she creates curricula using US dialect data from the Dictionary of American Regional English for linguistic, literature, and history courses.

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eBook USD 129.00
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  • Read on any device
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Softcover Book USD 169.99
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  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info
Hardcover Book USD 169.99
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  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

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