“The Name on Everybody's Lips”

MacDonald, Laura

doi:10.4324/9780429260247-31

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“…For example, the recent feature film Everybody’s Oma ( Van Genderen, 2022 ) was one families attempt to provide a realistic insight into not only the challenges but also the positives of living with and caring for someone living with dementia. Nevertheless, film subject Oma was described by one reviewer as a “dementia-afflicted matriarch” ( Ma, 2022 ), and another stated that the film would be of benefit when “dementia and Alzheimer’s overwhelm the sufferer’s existence” ( MacDonald, 2022 ).…”

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Film as cooperative endeavour: The promises for people living with dementia, their relatives, caregivers and aged care staff

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Creative expression by people living with dementia and their families and carers can improve communication and relationships and strengthen relational personhood. The transition to residential aged care from living at home with dementia is a time of ‘relocation stress”, and a time when additional psychosocial supports like these might be particularly beneficial. This article reports on a qualitative study that explored how a co-operative filmmaking project functioned as a multifaceted psychosocial intervention, and explored its potential impacts on relocation stressors. Methods included interviews with people living with dementia who were involved in the filmmaking, and their families and close others. Staff from a local day centre and residential aged care home also took part in interviews, as did the filmmakers. The researchers also observed some of the filmmaking process. Reflexive thematic analysis techniques were used to generate three key themes in the data: Relationship building; Communicating agency, memento and heart; Being visible and inclusive. The findings reveal challenges regarding privacy and the ethics of public screenings, as well as the pragmatics of using short films as a communication tool in aged care settings. We conclude that filmmaking as a cooperative endeavour holds promise to mitigate relocation stressors by: improving family and other relationships during challenging times for family and for people living with dementia; providing opportunities for new self-narratives derived from relational subjectivities; supporting visibility and personhood; and improving communication once in residential aged care. This research has relevance for communities who are looking to support dynamic personhood and improve the care of people living with dementia.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%