Combining music and life story work to enhance participation in family interaction in semantic dementia: a longitudinal study of one family's experience.

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KINDELL, J., WILKINSON, R., SAGE, Karen and KEADY, J. (2017). Combining music and life story work to enhance participation in family interaction in semantic dementia: a longitudinal study of one family's experience. Arts and health : an international journal for research, policy and practice, 10 (2), 165-180.

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    Abstract

    Background: Semantic dementia is a rarer dementia, classified as a type of frontotemporal dementia and a variant of primary progressive aphasia. Studies examining conversation in this condition and interventions to enhance participation in family life present as gaps in the research literature. Methods: Working with one family on a longitudinal basis, this study used conversation analysis and narrative analysis to provide a detailed assessment of communication . This information was used to design an individually tailored life story intervention to facilitate family interaction: a co-produced life story music DVD. Results: This intervention offered the family a resource that allowed the person with semantic dementia to display areas of retained competence and enhanced participation in interaction in a way that was not typically present in everyday conversation. Conclusions: It is argued that fostering greater opportunities for such in-the-moment connections is an important goal for intervention, particularly when language may be significantly compromised.

    Item Type: Article
    Research Institute, Centre or Group - Does NOT include content added after October 2018: Centre for Health and Social Care Research
    Identification Number: https://doi.org/10.1080/17533015.2017.1342269
    Page Range: 165-180
    Depositing User: Helen Garner
    Date Deposited: 10 Jul 2017 15:25
    Last Modified: 18 Mar 2021 01:19
    URI: https://shura.shu.ac.uk/id/eprint/16155

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