BOOK
Life Story Work with People with Dementia
Polly Kaiser | Ruth Eley | Anna Gaughan | Bob Woods | Ponnusamy Subramaniam | Steve Milton | Jean Tottie | Gillian Drummond | John Shaw | Pat Broster | Joanne Sutton | Rachel Thompson | Victoria Metcalfe | Jane McKeown | Kate Gridley | Nada Savitch | Maria Pasiecznik Parsons | Marie-Jo Guisset Martinez | Lesley Jones | Tommy Dunne | Joyce Dunne
(2016)
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Abstract
Introducing life story work, a way for people with dementia to connect with their relatives, carers and the professionals working with them. This evidence-based book explains the many benefits of life story work, with practical guidance for introducing it in a variety of settings.
The authors show how life story work can empower people with dementia to inform care practitioners and family members what care and support they may need now and in the future, by taking into account their past and their future wishes and aspirations. The book includes practical information on how to get started, ethical considerations such as consent and confidentiality, and considers issues of diversity and how to address them. The voices of practitioners, researchers and family carers sit alongside those of people living with dementia to present a wide-range of perspectives on life story work.
This book really manages to capture the multi-layered and multi-faceted nature of life story work. It sets life stories within the bigger frameworks of health, psychology, policy, culture change, identity, equality and diversity. We hear about life stories from many people living with dementia, families and professionals covering care at home, care homes, housing, hospitals, end of life, memory assessment services and arts venues. It ranges from the practical to the existential and fizzes with case studies, top tips, and research evidence.
Professor Dawn Brooker, Association for Dementia Studies, University of Worcester
Life stories, a strand in psychological therapy with older people and people with dementia, has been unfolding over the past 25 years. This timely book brings the many facets of this work together.
Here is a sparkling treasure trove of a book containing all you might want to know about life story work and dementia. Written with clarity and in an accessible style suitable for lay persons, it also contains all professionals might want to inform their practice and develop services that place the person with their unique life story at the centre.
Reinhard Guss, Chair, Dementia Workstream Lead, Faculty of the Psychology of Older People, BPS, Consultant Clinical Psychologist, KMPT
This is a really good and useful contribution. It is full of well-curated information and practical advice, but above all it is full of the humanity of people with dementia and the value of their stories. I thoroughly recommend this book.
Sube Banerjee, Professor of Dementia, Centre for Dementia Studies, Brighton and Sussex Medical School
Table of Contents
| Section Title | Page | Action | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Life Story Work with People with Dementia: Ordinary Lives, Extraordinary People. Edited by Polly Kaiser and Ruth Eley | 3 | ||
| Foreword | 7 | ||
| Acknowledgements | 9 | ||
| Introduction - Ruth Eley and Polly Kaiser | 11 | ||
| Part 1 - Where Has Life Story Work Come From? The Context of Life Story Work | 19 | ||
| 1. Narrative Approaches to Life Story Work - Polly Kaiser | 21 | ||
| 2. The Policy Context: Life Story Work and People with Dementia - Ruth Eley | 30 | ||
| 3. Values, Rights and a Compassionate Culture: The Bedrock of High Quality Care and Support - Anna Gaughan | 41 | ||
| 4. Equality and Diversity in Life Story Work - Polly Kaiser | 56 | ||
| Part 2 - Does It Work? The Evidence Base for Life Story Work | 67 | ||
| 5. Understanding the Outcomes of Life Story Work - Kate Gridley | 69 | ||
| 6. The Evidence Base for Life Story Work So Far - Bob Woods and Ponnusamy Subramaniam | 83 | ||
| Part 3 - Why Is It Important? The Benefits of Life Story Work | 95 | ||
| 7. What Life Story Work Means for People living with Dementia - Steve Milton | 97 | ||
| 8. The Benefits of Life Story Work for Family Carers: A Personal Perspective - Jean Tottie, former carer | 108 | ||
| 9. The Benefits of Life Story Work for Paid Staff - Lesley Jones and Gillian Drummond | 117 | ||
| Part 4 - How Can We Use It? The Practicalities of Life Story Work in Various Settings | 129 | ||
| 10. Communities, Housing and Life Stories: Keeping People Connected - Ruth Eley, Polly Kaiser, John Shaw and Pat Broster | 131 | ||
| 11. Introducing Life Story Work into a Memory Service: The Benefits - Joanne Sutton | 142 | ||
| 12. Life Story Work for People with Dementia in Acute General Hospitals: An Alternative Model for Care? - Rachel Thompson | 153 | ||
| 13. Life Story Work in Care Homes - Victoria Metcalfe | 165 | ||
| 14. Spirituality, Religion and Life Story Work - Polly Kaiser | 178 | ||
| 15. Using Life Story Work in End of Life Care - Polly Kaiser | 189 | ||
| 16. Identifying and Overcoming Challenges in Life Story Work - Jane McKeown, Kate Gridley and Nada Savitch | 200 | ||
| 17. Arts, Dementia and Life Story Work: Every Picture Tells a Story - Maria Pasiecznik Parsons | 212 | ||
| Part 5 - Where Next?\x03 | 225 | ||
| 18. A European Perspective: New Opportunities - Marie-Jo Guisset Martinez | 227 | ||
| 19. Conclusions and Looking Ahead - Polly Kaiser and Ruth Eley | 237 | ||
| Useful Resources | 246 | ||
| End note | 249 | ||
| References | 250 | ||
| Subject Index | 268 | ||
| Author Index | 273 |