Tom Kitwood
Biographic Data
| ID | 2454630 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Tom Kitwood |
| GIVEN NAMES | Tom |
| FAMILY NAME | Kitwood |
| SIGNATURE | KITWOOD T |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Bradford |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 138 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1976 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Disclosures to a Stranger: Adolescent Values in an Advanced Industrial Society
The experience of dementia
In the light of recent research it is now possible to gain considerable insight into the subjective world of dementia. The uniqueness of each individual's experience, which is related to personality and defence processes, must always be taken into account. Six 'routes to understanding' are discussed, and the array of evidence is used to build up an overall picture of the domain. Comments are made on the psychological needs of people with dementia…
Towards a Theory of Dementia Care: The Interpersonal Process
A description of the microstructure of interpersonal processes is developed, based on the analysis of interaction as a succession of reflexive triadic units. This account can be modified in some aspects so as to provide a detailed theory of the process of dementia care. The theory is particularly relevant to moderate and severe dementia, and to formal care settings. A key concept is that of facilitation. The idea of a ‘culture of dementia’ is exp…
Towards a Theory of Dementia Care: Personhood and Well-being
Some foundations are laid for a social-psychological theory of dementia care. Central to this is a conceptualisation of personhood, in which both subjectivity and intersubjectivity are fully recognised. Evidence is brought forward concerning relative well-being even in those who are, from a cognitive standpoint, severely demented. In the light of this it is argued that the key psychological task in dementia care is that of keeping the sufferer's …
The Dialectics of Dementia: With Particular Reference to Alzheimer's Disease
A new theory of the dementing process in old age is presented in outline. Its main focus is on the dialectical interplay between neurological and social-psychological factors, with special emphasis on aspects of the latter which deprive a neurologically impaired individual of his or her personhood. The account of dementia so derived is more comprehensive and less deterministic than those which are based on the simpler versions of a ‘medical model…
Psychotherapy, Postmodernism and Morality
A view of interpersonal morality is set out, derived in large part from psychotherapeutic practice. The key concept is that of giving free attention to the subjectivity of another, leading to the equation: free attention + free attention = moral space. Some of the historical and societal implications are explored and it is suggested that the problem of social fabric emerges as more important than that of social justice. The view presented here st…
Brain, Mind and Dementia: With Particular Reference to Alzheimer's Disease
A new theoretical framework for understanding and working with the dementing illnesses of old age is presented, and explicated with particular reference to senile dementia of the Alzheimer type. For several reasons the commonly accepted model, which assumes a simple linear causal relationship between neuropathology and dementia, is inadequate. A more comprehensive model, grounded in a monistic view of the mind-brain relationship, must take into a…
From Free Associations: A new radicalization of psychoanalysis
Educational research and its standing as science
Educational research is intended to provide objective, scientific knowledge. Why is it that so many of its findings fail to appear convincing or relevant to those who are directly involved in education? It is suggested that many research studies employ a specious view of science, as a result of which important problems are often trivialized. Also some of the techniques of inquiry commonly used involve counter-educational assumptions. Thus a ‘fals…
Towards a Theory of Dementia Care: Personhood and Well-being
Some foundations are laid for a social-psychological theory of dementia care. Central to this is a conceptualisation of personhood, in which both subjectivity and intersubjectivity are fully recognised. Evidence is brought forward concerning relative well-being even in those who are, from a cognitive standpoint, severely demented. In the light of this it is argued that the key psychological task in dementia care is that of keeping the sufferer's …
The Dialectics of Dementia: With Particular Reference to Alzheimer's Disease
A new theory of the dementing process in old age is presented in outline. Its main focus is on the dialectical interplay between neurological and social-psychological factors, with special emphasis on aspects of the latter which deprive a neurologically impaired individual of his or her personhood. The account of dementia so derived is more comprehensive and less deterministic than those which are based on the simpler versions of a ‘medical model…
Towards a Theory of Dementia Care: The Interpersonal Process
A description of the microstructure of interpersonal processes is developed, based on the analysis of interaction as a succession of reflexive triadic units. This account can be modified in some aspects so as to provide a detailed theory of the process of dementia care. The theory is particularly relevant to moderate and severe dementia, and to formal care settings. A key concept is that of facilitation. The idea of a ‘culture of dementia’ is exp…
Psychotherapy, Postmodernism and Morality
A view of interpersonal morality is set out, derived in large part from psychotherapeutic practice. The key concept is that of giving free attention to the subjectivity of another, leading to the equation: free attention + free attention = moral space. Some of the historical and societal implications are explored and it is suggested that the problem of social fabric emerges as more important than that of social justice. The view presented here st…
Brain, Mind and Dementia: With Particular Reference to Alzheimer's Disease
A new theoretical framework for understanding and working with the dementing illnesses of old age is presented, and explicated with particular reference to senile dementia of the Alzheimer type. For several reasons the commonly accepted model, which assumes a simple linear causal relationship between neuropathology and dementia, is inadequate. A more comprehensive model, grounded in a monistic view of the mind-brain relationship, must take into a…
Educational research and its standing as science
Educational research is intended to provide objective, scientific knowledge. Why is it that so many of its findings fail to appear convincing or relevant to those who are directly involved in education? It is suggested that many research studies employ a specious view of science, as a result of which important problems are often trivialized. Also some of the techniques of inquiry commonly used involve counter-educational assumptions. Thus a ‘fals…
Educational research and its standing as science
Educational research is intended to provide objective, scientific knowledge. Why is it that so many of its findings fail to appear convincing or relevant to those who are directly involved in education? It is suggested that many research studies employ a specious view of science, as a result of which important problems are often trivialized. Also some of the techniques of inquiry commonly used involve counter-educational assumptions. Thus a ‘fals…
From Free Associations: A new radicalization of psychoanalysis
Brain, Mind and Dementia: With Particular Reference to Alzheimer's Disease
A new theoretical framework for understanding and working with the dementing illnesses of old age is presented, and explicated with particular reference to senile dementia of the Alzheimer type. For several reasons the commonly accepted model, which assumes a simple linear causal relationship between neuropathology and dementia, is inadequate. A more comprehensive model, grounded in a monistic view of the mind-brain relationship, must take into a…
The Dialectics of Dementia: With Particular Reference to Alzheimer's Disease
A new theory of the dementing process in old age is presented in outline. Its main focus is on the dialectical interplay between neurological and social-psychological factors, with special emphasis on aspects of the latter which deprive a neurologically impaired individual of his or her personhood. The account of dementia so derived is more comprehensive and less deterministic than those which are based on the simpler versions of a ‘medical model…
Psychotherapy, Postmodernism and Morality
A view of interpersonal morality is set out, derived in large part from psychotherapeutic practice. The key concept is that of giving free attention to the subjectivity of another, leading to the equation: free attention + free attention = moral space. Some of the historical and societal implications are explored and it is suggested that the problem of social fabric emerges as more important than that of social justice. The view presented here st…
Towards a Theory of Dementia Care: Personhood and Well-being
Some foundations are laid for a social-psychological theory of dementia care. Central to this is a conceptualisation of personhood, in which both subjectivity and intersubjectivity are fully recognised. Evidence is brought forward concerning relative well-being even in those who are, from a cognitive standpoint, severely demented. In the light of this it is argued that the key psychological task in dementia care is that of keeping the sufferer's …
Towards a Theory of Dementia Care: The Interpersonal Process
A description of the microstructure of interpersonal processes is developed, based on the analysis of interaction as a succession of reflexive triadic units. This account can be modified in some aspects so as to provide a detailed theory of the process of dementia care. The theory is particularly relevant to moderate and severe dementia, and to formal care settings. A key concept is that of facilitation. The idea of a ‘culture of dementia’ is exp…
The experience of dementia
In the light of recent research it is now possible to gain considerable insight into the subjective world of dementia. The uniqueness of each individual's experience, which is related to personality and defence processes, must always be taken into account. Six 'routes to understanding' are discussed, and the array of evidence is used to build up an overall picture of the domain. Comments are made on the psychological needs of people with dementia…
Disclosures to a Stranger: Adolescent Values in an Advanced Industrial Society
Psychology (8 works) · Dementia (5 works) · Disease (5 works) · Epistemology (5 works) · Medicine (5 works) · Mental Health and Psychiatry (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Cognitive psychology (3 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research (2 works)