Background There has been increasing interest in dementia care in recent years, including
how practitioners, service providers and society in general can help individuals to live well …

It is increasingly recognized that people living with dementia should be included in
qualitative research that foregrounds their voices, but traditional research approaches can …

This paper discusses how a microlevel linguistic analysis, using interactional
sociolinguistics as an umbrella framework and drawing on analytical concepts from …

People with a diagnosis of dementia have often been the subjects of qualitative research; by
contrast, this article sets out to reflect on the positioning of people living with dementia in …

Background People with dementia and family carers often experience difficulties
communicating together. These difficulties are considered to contribute significantly to the …

This article aims to explore how epistemic status is negotiated during talk about the life
memories of one speaker. Direct questions which foreground 'remembering'can lead to …

The ageing of the world's populations, particularly in Western developed countries, is a well-
documented phenomenon; and despite many positive images of later life, in the media and …

Current participatory research literature describes different approaches to involving service
users in research, draws out lessons to be learned from the process and begins to address …

Fiction film is one of the most influential vehicles for the popularization of dementia. It is likely
to have a particular influence on the way dementia is constructed by society at large, not …

Introduction It is well established that the actions and behaviour of dementia care workers
are fundamental to the wellbeing of the people they care for. Not only do they deal with basic …