Singing with my mum
An autoethnography of care aesthetics and everyday moments in the context of dementia
Datos Bibliográficos
| ID | 11199488 |
|---|---|
| Autores | Christina Buse (0000-0002-0217-8238, University of York, autor de correspondencia) |
| Año | 2026 |
| Volumen | 46 |
| Fecha de publicación | 2026-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Sí |
| Open Access | Sí |
| Tipo | ARTICLE |
| Revista | Ageing and Society (JOURNAL) |
| Identificadores de la revista | ISSN: 0144-686X • E-ISSN: 1469-1779 |
| Editorial | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0144686x26100567 |
| OpenAlex | W7133198094 |
| Idioma | EN |
| Referencias citadas | 50 |
There is increasing attention to ‘being present’ and ‘being in the moment’ in the context of living with dementia, challenging narratives of decline. Keady and colleagues have situated this within a ‘continuum of moments’ including ‘creating the moment’, ‘being in the moment’, ‘ending the moment’ and ‘reliving the moment’. They call for further conceptual work on moments and dementia, examining how moments fit together as part of everyday life. At the same time, literature on care aesthetics draws attention to moments of beauty, creativity and multi-sensory engagement as part of care practice. Building on this literature, this article explores daily life as a ‘series of moments’ in an autoethnographic account of caring for my mum who is living with dementia, exploring shifts between moments that are difficult, sad, challenging, beautiful, joyful and/or caring. It offers new insights into challenging moments as well as positive ones and the relation of moments to reciprocal emotion work. The article considers tensions between supporting my mum’s continuity of self and constant adaptation, and challenges involved in creating, being in, ending and reliving moments. The discussion explores implications for care practice, highlighting how a focus on moments can help make sense of experiences of caring, and the need for further support with the emotion work associated with care aesthetics
Autoethnography · Context (archaeology) · Creativity · Everyday life · Narrative · Performative utterance · Reciprocal · Singing · Situated · Aging and Gerontology Research · Emotional Labor in Professions · Participatory Visual Research Methods
Lighting up cosy atmospheres in Denmark
Autoethnography as a research method
Barriers to accessing and receiving mental health care for paid and unpaid carers of older adults
Creating and Reliving the Moment
Towards an aesthetics of care
Impact of the Covid‐19 pandemic on family carers in the community
Singing while caring for persons with dementia
Combining music and life story to enhance participation in family interaction in semantic dementia
Aesthetics for everyday quality
A fifty mile round trip to change a lightbulb’
Forced continuity
In the moment with music
Body work and later-life care in Turkey
Narrative Identity and Dementia
Ways of being’ in the domestic garden for people living with dementia
The Construction and Deconstruction of Self in Alzheimer's Disease
Time for care
Ethnographic reflections on selfhood, embodiment and Alzheimer's disease
Re-thinking and re-positioning ‘being in the moment’ within a continuum of moments
Only my family can help
Beyond Big and Little
Heartful Autoethnography
Sensory attunements of caregivers and care receivers
Drawing in-situ
Being Fred
Being Alongside
Telling Moments and Everyday Experience
On Recognition, Caring, and Dementia
Taking time
Performingcare
Dressing disrupted
Relational citizenship
| Velocidad de citación | historical |
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| Altamente citado | No |