Where is the happiness in dementia?

Our current research aims to explore how the emotional experiences of individuals with dementia are understood, and to improve the design and delivery of care interventions. A preliminary, incidental, finding from our initial systematic literature search is reported here. Increasingly, the experienc...

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Main Authors: Petty, Stephanie, Dening, Tom, Griffiths, Amanda, Coleston-Shields, Donna Maria
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Published: Cambridge University Press 2016
Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/49350/
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Coleston-Shields, Donna Maria
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description Our current research aims to explore how the emotional experiences of individuals with dementia are understood, and to improve the design and delivery of care interventions. A preliminary, incidental, finding from our initial systematic literature search is reported here. Increasingly, the experience of dementia is understood from the viewpoint of the individual. However, this is not reflected in the body of research literature, which is predominantly orientated towards detailing the neuropsychiatric symptoms of mood, cognition, behaviour or physiology and ‘managing’ the condition.
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spelling nottingham-493502020-05-04T18:08:58Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/49350/ Where is the happiness in dementia? Petty, Stephanie Dening, Tom Griffiths, Amanda Coleston-Shields, Donna Maria Our current research aims to explore how the emotional experiences of individuals with dementia are understood, and to improve the design and delivery of care interventions. A preliminary, incidental, finding from our initial systematic literature search is reported here. Increasingly, the experience of dementia is understood from the viewpoint of the individual. However, this is not reflected in the body of research literature, which is predominantly orientated towards detailing the neuropsychiatric symptoms of mood, cognition, behaviour or physiology and ‘managing’ the condition. Cambridge University Press 2016-09-30 Article PeerReviewed Petty, Stephanie, Dening, Tom, Griffiths, Amanda and Coleston-Shields, Donna Maria (2016) Where is the happiness in dementia? International Psychogeriatrics, 28 (10). pp. 1752-1753. ISSN 1741-203X https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/international-psychogeriatrics/article/where-is-the-happiness-in-dementia/AD4EA2EBAF46E8147C7AA099D71EDDFC doi:10.1017/S1041610216000879 doi:10.1017/S1041610216000879
spellingShingle Petty, Stephanie
Dening, Tom
Griffiths, Amanda
Coleston-Shields, Donna Maria
Where is the happiness in dementia?
title Where is the happiness in dementia?
title_full Where is the happiness in dementia?
title_fullStr Where is the happiness in dementia?
title_full_unstemmed Where is the happiness in dementia?
title_short Where is the happiness in dementia?
title_sort where is the happiness in dementia?
url https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/49350/
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https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/49350/