This book is a creative and critical exploration of the memory loss
experience. Drawing on in-depth case studies based on primary
research, interviews, approaches from music therapy, and theory from
Derrida, Malabou, and Royle, it explores how we might better support
people living with memory loss. Telling the story of an interpretative
phenomenological analysis investigation, this innovative book focuses
on conversations with ten people living with memory loss in a nursing
home, alongside interviews with the pioneering dementia campaigner
Wendy Mitchell. The author argues that, for residents who are living
with memory loss, both the nursing home environment and the memory
loss experience are uncanny. She considers how archival impulses may
manifest themselves at the end of life, before exploring theories of
both artistic plasticity and neuroplasticity, proposing that the
memory loss state might be thought of as a kind of neurodiversity. The
book concludes with suggestions for future methods that alleviate
disorientation for people living with memory loss and help with
acceptance, the reduction of stress, and better outcomes across
multiple disciplines and practices, including music therapy, community
musicianship, and the nursing home environment itself. A better
understanding of how it feels to live with memory loss is necessary
for the development and improvement of practices that are designed to
help the memory loss community. This book is an invaluable
contribution to research around memory loss, for scholars and
practitioners interested in medical humanities, dementia, social care
nursing, occupational therapy, and music therapy, among others.
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Understanding Dementia as a Form of Neurodiversity
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9781040423684
Publisert
2025
Utgave
1. utgave
Utgiver
Taylor & Francis
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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