1. Combining music and life story to enhance participation in family interaction in semantic dementia: a longitudinal study of one family's experience.
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Kindell, Jackie, Wilkinson, Ray, Sage, Karen, and Keady, John
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DEMENTIA , *SEMANTICS , *LONGITUDINAL method , *PATIENTS' families , *MUSIC , *APHASIA , *COMMUNICATION , *CONVERSATION , *EXPERIENCE , *MUSIC therapy , *PATIENT participation , *FAMILY relations , *NATIONAL competency-based educational tests , *FRONTOTEMPORAL dementia - Abstract
Background: Semantic dementia is a rarer dementia, classified as a type of frontotemporal dementia and a variant of primary progressive aphasia. Studies examining conversation in this condition and interventions to enhance participation in family life present as gaps in the research literature. Methods: Working with one family on a longitudinal basis, this study used conversation analysis and narrative analysis to provide a detailed assessment of communication. This information was used to design an individually tailored life story intervention to facilitate family interaction: a co-produced life story music DVD. Results: This intervention offered the family a resource that allowed the person with semantic dementia to display areas of retained competence and enhanced participation in interaction in a way that was not typically present in everyday conversation. Conclusions: It is argued that fostering greater opportunities for such in-the-moment connections is an important goal for intervention, particularly when language may be significantly compromised. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2018
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