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Maintaining connection - managing disruption — the subjective experience of early dementia: a qualitative exploration of the impact of memory changes
Author(s)	Elizabeth Kemp
Journal title	PSIGE Newsletter, no 83, May 2003
Publisher	Psychologists' Special Interest Group in Elderly People - PSIGE, British Psychological Society, May 2003
Pages	pp 27-32
Keywords	Dementia ; Early ; Memory and Reminiscence ; Memory disorders ; Qualitative Studies.
Annotation	The author uses research undertaken in 1996/97 and her clinical experience with people with likely early dementia who seek to convey their experiences to others. Her aims are to offer a flavour of the findings in the context of a qualitative research methodology, and to update the literature review. Her results are described under three headings and ten results categories. First, the effects of memory changes: communicating; relating; autonomy; and emotional responses. Second, making sense of memory change: keeping going; remembered identities; and "negotiating the edge of chaos" (alienation from others). Third, strategies to manage ongoing memory change: maintaining relatedness; containing emotional relationships; and balancing independence and reliance. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-030723204 A
Classmark	EA: 4J: DB: EH: 3DP
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