Respectare: moral respect for the lives of the deeply forgetful

Post, Stephen G.

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“…She calls us to regard people with dementia as our teachers: ‘we must listen to them as if the well‐being of humanity depended on our understanding’ (Snyder : 274). This resonates with Post's (: 225) proposal that society must affirm the ‘continuing moral status of the deeply forgetful’.…”

Section: Living Well – a Positive Discoursementioning

confidence: 53%

Dichotomising dementia: is there another way?

McParland

Kelly

Innes

2017

Sociology Health & Illness

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This article discusses the reduction of the complex experience of dementia to a dichotomised 'tragedy' or 'living well' discourse in contemporary Western society. We explore both discourses, placing them in the context of a successful ageing paradigm, highlighting the complex nature of dementia and the risks associated with the emergence of these arguably competing discourses. Specifically, we explore this dichotomy in the context of societal understandings and responses to dementia. We argue for an acceptance of the fluid nature of the dementia experience, and the importance of an understanding that recognises the multiple realities of dementia necessary for social inclusion to occur. Such an acceptance requires that, rather than defend one position over another, the current discourse on dementia is challenged and problematised so that a more nuanced understanding of dementia may emerge; one that fully accepts the paradoxical nature of this complex condition.

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Section: Living Well – a Positive Discoursementioning

confidence: 53%

Dichotomising dementia: is there another way?

McParland

Kelly

Innes

2017

Sociology Health & Illness

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“…However, to talk about persons is not to talk about human membership per se, but to talk about a more significant status accorded within the human species as claimed by Dresser (1994), Singer (1993, p. 87), Reed and Ground (1997, p. 93) and Post (2006, p. 230). Consequently, as soon as attributes or criteria for being or not being a person are used, a values‐based hierarchy develops.…”

Section: Personhood: a Central Concern For Gerontological Practicementioning

confidence: 99%

“…Post (1995) in arguing western cultures are ‘hypercognitive’, considers cognition is prized to the point where other equally valuable aspects of being human are no longer considered important. Thus, a flaw with theories of personhood is that they either positively or inadvertently promote certain attributes (Post, 2006, p. 233). Consequently, McCurdy (1998) and Post (1995) amongst others, have been highly critical of traditional personhood theories constructed so narrowly they bestow a higher moral status on human beings who are envisioned as self‐legislating moral agents.…”

Section: Personhood: a Central Concern For Gerontological Practicementioning

confidence: 99%

“…Dementia can be said to be the paradigm case for such anxieties. Given westernized cultures value on normative brain function particularly memory (Post, 1995, p. 17, 2006, p. 231), when dementia ‘shatters’ brain and mind function, what is left – an empty shell, is not seen as having much value. More than this, what is left is even considered as dangerous, to be controlled and even avoided.…”

Section: Kitwoods’ Ideas On Dementia Persons and Personhoodmentioning

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“…That ‘others’ do not value the social being and being in relationship with persons who have dementia weakens his position and makes for a philosophically messy definition. Much as Post has performed, grounding personhood in an absolute moral or spiritual entitlement avoids much of these issues at a theoretical level (Post, 2006, p. 227). However, by ignoring ‘others’ and the social context, Post is not taking a pragmatic position like Kitwood.…”

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Personhood and dementia: revisiting Tom Kitwood’s ideas

Dewing

2008

Int J Older People Nursing

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Person-centred care is often cited as an aim of gerontological nursing and promotion of personhood is said to be the basis for person-centred care. As such, it forms a cornerstone value for many gerontological nurses, particularly those working in dementia care. Tom Kitwood's ideas and definition of personhood are widely referred to in the literature and used in the dementia care field. More recently, there is a move to critique and partially reject Kitwood's ideas on personhood. This paper has three aims: (i) to explore some central ideas around key theories of personhood (ii) to critique Kitwood's work on personhood. (iii) To summarize current critiques of Kitwood's ideas and provide a response that outlines why Kitwoods' ideas are still relevant. It is suggested many critiques ignore Kitwoods' ultimate purpose; that of moral concern for 'others'. However, the main criticism put forward in this paper is that, rather than completely rejecting personhood theories, Kitwood locates his work on what it means to be a person within a traditional Cartesian personhood framework, albeit from a revised or pragmatic viewpoint. Finally, it is suggested that definitions of persons and personhood need to take account of the body and time (corporeality and temporality) and gerontological nursing may want to reassess how much allegiance is given to basing nursing frameworks on the concept of personhood.

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Understanding the self of people with dementia

Hutmacher¹

2020

Z Gerontol Geriat

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Understanding the self of people with dementia Psychological and philosophical considerations Brief introduction We do not like to think of our life as an accumulation of random, unrelated events. Rather, we want our life to be a meaningfully evolving story that we can tell others, as well as ourselves; however, the ability to tell stories about one's own life and to perceive one's own life as a coherent story is dramatically decreased in people with dementia, especially in the later stages of the disease. If the notion of having a self is intimately linked with being able to create and maintain a life narrative, and if people with dementia tend to lose this ability, what kind of self do people with dementia still possess?

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Respectare: moral respect for the lives of the deeply forgetful

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Dichotomising dementia: is there another way?

Dichotomising dementia: is there another way?

Personhood and dementia: revisiting Tom Kitwood’s ideas

Understanding the self of people with dementia

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