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Narrative identity and dementia: a study of autobiographical memories and emotions
Author(s)Marie A Mills
Corporate AuthorCentre for Evaluative and Developmental Research, University of Southampton
PublisherAshgate, Aldershot, 1998
Pages199 pp
SourceAshgate Publishing Ltd., Gower House, Croft Road, Aldershot, Hants GU11 3HR.
KeywordsDementia ; Memory and Reminiscence ; Emotions.
AnnotationThe relationship between memory, emotion and dementia has received little attention in research. In this book, the influence of emotions on autobiographical memory in dementia is examined in eight in-depth case studies of older people with dementia over a two-year period. The findings reveal the strength and durability of the personal narrative even as the cognitive processed decline. Using a psychotherapeutic approach, the author demonstrates that the retention of a personal past gives a sense of narrative identity and well-being to people with dementia, and has an important part to play in dementia care training. (AKM).
Accession NumberCPA-980814404 B
ClassmarkEA: DB: DL

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