Conversation practices that foster or hinder inclusivity during interactions involving persons with dementia
Trini Stickle
Abstract:This article highlights co-participant strategies during conversations involving participants diagnosed with dementia that encourage continued, productive interaction fostering inclusivity. The conversation excerpts illustrate positive results when non-impaired co-participants respond to impaired syntax as though it makes sense or as if it completes a coherent syntactic–semantic action. Helpful co-participants yield control of conversations, rather than issuing corrections; demonstrate an acuity for when to di… Show more
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