A complex reminding: The ethics of poetry writing in dementia care.
Dementia (London)
; 20(3): 1025-1043, 2021 Apr.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-32380857
ABSTRACT
Interest in the potential benefits of poetry writing in dementia care has been increasing. Various practical projects, as well as research articles, have highlighted how poetry can acknowledge the words of persons with dementia, and increase well-being. In this article, the authors present a poetry writing project in dementia care in Norway, and argue for how poetry as a genre involves lyrical as well as ethical aspects. The aim of this article is to show how linguistic and ethical sensibility can illuminate the poetic possibilities of the everyday language of persons with dementia. Through a close reading of selected poems from the poetry writing project, the authors show how poetry writing can give an increased understanding of the resources in the everyday language of persons living with dementia. Poetry can open up alternative forms of expression and agency, and thereby support the narrative citizenship of persons with dementia.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Poetry as Topic
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Writing
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Dementia
Type of study:
Qualitative_research
Aspects:
Ethics
Limits:
Humans
Country/Region as subject:
Europa
Language:
En
Journal:
Dementia (London)
Year:
2021
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Norway