Refereed journal article or data article (A1)
Self-directed Speech and Dialogue in Dementia Care – the Potential of Co-participants’ Contributions
List of Authors: Camilla Lindholm, Camilla Wide
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Publication year: 2019
Journal: Logopedics Phoniatrics Vocology
Volume number: 44
Issue number: 1
Start page: 14
End page: 22
Number of pages: 9
ISSN: 1401-5439
eISSN: 1401-5439
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14015439.2019.1554853
URL: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14015439.2019.1554853
Purpose: Dementia is associated with an ongoing decline in language function, involving both language production and comprehension. Maintaining a conversation with persons with dementia may be challenging. In this study, we investigate how the contributions of professional caregivers affect the linguistic contributions of the speaker with dementia.
Methods: This is a conversation analytic case study of one individual with dementia. The data are drawn from a five-hour video corpus collected at a Swedish speaking care facility in Finland.
Results: In comparing self-directed speech and dialogue, the results show how professional caregivers can induce change in the linguistic and interactional behaviors of a person with dementia.
Conclusions: Introducing an interactional perspective to self-directed speech and dialogue, this study provides new insights into the notion of a “good conversation” in dementia care.