Aim: Behavioural changes following dementia can have detrimental effects on the quality of life of the individual and family members. In the current service context there is an increasing emphasis on the use of non-pharmacological interventions that aim to both ameliorate behaviour problems and improve quality of life. One relevant clinical framework is Positive Behaviour Support (PBS). This paper introduces the framework, its operationalisation, and some unresolved issues.Methods: Relevant literature and professional experience informs the theoretical and clinical justification for the use of PBS in dementia services, and a case study demonstrates application of the framework.Results: PBS can be effectively implemented in dementia contexts, but there are significant issues to be resolved regarding resourcing and appropriate goal setting.
This article examines the origins of and philosophical justifications for Aristotelian friendship (philia) and early Confucian filial piety (xiao
).What underlying assumptions about bonds between friends and family members do the philosophies share or uniquely possess? Is the Aristotelian emphasis on relationships between equals incompatible with the Confucian regard for filiality? As I argue, the Aristotelian and early Confucian accounts, while different in focus, share many of the same tensions in the attempt to balance hierarchical and familial associations with those between friends who are on the same footing.
This article examines the origins of and philosophical justifications for Aristotelian friendship (philia) and early Confucian filial piety (xiao). What underlying assumptions about bonds between friends and family members do the philosophies share or uniquely possess? Is the Aristotelian emphasis on relationships between equals incompatible with the Confucian regard for filiality? As I argue, the Aristotelian and early Confucian accounts, while different in focus, share many of the same tensions in the attempt to balance hierarchical and familial associations with those between friends who are on the same footing.
A perspectivist theory is usually taken to mean that (1) our knowledge of the world is inevitably shaped by our particular perspectives, (2) any one of these perspectives is as good as any other, and (3) any claims to objective or authoritative knowledge are consequently without ground. Recent scholarship on Nietzsche, however, has challenged the prevalent view that the philosopher holds (2) and (3), arguing instead that his perspectivism aims at attaining a greater level of objectivity. In this essay, I attempt a structurally similar reinterpretation of Zhuangzi's perspectivism. I argue that while the Chinese thinker sees all knowledge as perspective-dependent, he thinks that some perspectives are broader and more accurate than others. He utilizes shifts in perspective precisely in order to attain these superior perspectives, which constitute what he calls da zhi 大知, or "greater knowledge." Whereas Nietzsche sees his perspectivism as methodologically continuous with the sciences, Zhuangzi's "greater knowledge" has the goal of ensuring our survival and well-being in the everyday world.
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