‘Talking about my experiences … at times disturbing yet positive’: Producing narratives with people living with dementia

Dementia

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 1034-1052

  Benbow, Susan M ^a   Kingston, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

carer; dementia; living with dementia; narratives; relationships

Indexed keywords

AGED; CAREGIVER; DEMENTIA; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; VERBAL COMMUNICATION; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAREGIVERS; DEMENTIA; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NARRATION;

EID: 84986309417     PISSN: 14713012     EISSN: 17412684     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1471301214551845     Document Type: Article

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