Facilitation of positive social interaction through visual art in dementia

A case study using video-analysis

Datos Bibliográficos

ID11200514
AutoresJustine Schneider (0000-0002-5863-7747, University of Nottingham, autor de correspondencia), Susan Hazel (0000-0001-8124-1567, Newcastle University), Spencer Hazel, Christian Morgner (0000-0003-2891-0113, University of Leicester), Tom Dening (0000-0003-3387-4241, University of Nottingham)
Año2019
Volumen39
Número8
Páginas1731-1751
Fecha de publicación2019-08-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaAgeing and Society (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0144-686X • E-ISSN: 1469-1779
EditorialCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0144686x1800020x
PMID31285637
OpenAlexW2787384138
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas3
Referencias citadas33

The aims of this exploratory study were: to investigate the process of visual art appreciation in a person with dementia, in real time; and to test the feasibility of using video-analysis as a method to explore this process by and with a person who has minimal verbal expression. Gallery personnel guided a woman with severe dementia around an exhibition. Audio-visual recordings of the interactions were analysed. Patterns were identified, and interpreted in the light of conversation analysis theory and research. Evidence was found of turn-taking vocalisations on the part of the research participant. Her participation in a dialogical process was facilitated by the skilled and empathic gallery personnel in ways that the analysis makes clear. We argue that this supports the inference that successful communicative acts took place, contrary to expectations in the light of the participant's level of disability. We demonstrate in this paper how a woman with minimal speech due to dementia was enabled to engage with visual art through the facilitation of an expert guide, attuned to her needs. This is a novel example of a person-centred approach, because it takes place outside the context of caring, which is the typical setting for examining person-centred ways of relating to individuals with dementia

Cognitive psychology · Dementia · Facilitation · Social facilitation · Internal Medicine · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies · Language, Metaphor, and Cognition · Medicine · Neuroscience · Participatory Visual Research Methods · Psychology