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Lookup NU author(s): Dr Mabel LieORCiD, Emeritus Professor Simon WoodsORCiD
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Abstract This paper reports on a study which examined the notions of authenticity and citizenship for people living with cognitive impairment or dementia in a care home in the North East of England. We demonstrated that both notions were present and were encouraged by engagement with an artist, where this involved audio and visual recordings and the creation of a film. The artist’s interactions were observed by a non-participant observer using ethnographic techniques, including interviews with the residents, their families and the staff of the care home. The data were analyzed using grounded theory and the constant comparative method of qualitative analysis. Our findings suggest that participatory art might help to maintain and encourage authenticity and citizenship in people living with dementia in a care home. Certainly, authenticity and citizenship are notions worth pursuing in the context of dementia generally, but especially in care homes.
Author(s): Hughes JC, Baseman J, Hearne C, Lie MLS, Smith D, Woods S
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: Ageing and Society
Year: 2022
Volume: 42
Issue: 12
Pages: 2784-2804
Print publication date: 01/12/2022
Online publication date: 22/03/2021
Acceptance date: 10/02/2021
Date deposited: 08/03/2021
ISSN (print): 0144-686X
ISSN (electronic): 1469-1779
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0144686X21000271
DOI: 10.1017/S0144686X21000271
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