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Framing spaces in places: Creating ''respite spaces'' in dementia care settings.

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Summary, in English

Research on dementia care settings has primarily focused on routine aspects of life, including mealtimes, bathing procedures, etc. However, studies rarely explore how individuals with dementia interact in these settings during the intervals between routines. This study aimed to analyze how residents actively carved out spaces that provided temporary respite from institutional life, termed “framing respite spaces”. Ethnographic data was collected over 5 months in a dementia care setting in Sweden. Frame analysis was employed to investigate residents’ shared understanding of non-task-orientated situations. The results showed that individuals with dementia adjusted to institutional order, but also actively created respite spaces through conversation. Interestingly, individuals with dementia interpreted conversational cues and often acted logically according to a shared definition of the specific situation. These findings showed that looking beyond task-orientated interactions between staff and residents can provide a more detailed picture of everyday life in dementia care settings.

Publishing year

2014

Language

English

Pages

396-411

Publication/Series

Dementia

Volume

13

Issue

3

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Topic

  • Public Health, Global Health, Social Medicine and Epidemiology

Keywords

  • Dementia care settings
  • Ethnography
  • Dementia
  • Frame analysis

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 1741-2684