Narrative Identity and Dementia by Marie A Mills

Author:Marie A Mills [Mills, Marie A]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781138327870
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Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Published: 2020-06-30T00:00:00+00:00

Although BP was asked leading questions by the interviewer, the identified themes and interpretations did remain fairly constant over time. Further, although this informant, too, is presented in a very positive light, it is difficult to envisage how this might be otherwise. BP said that she disliked being miserable and enjoyed the social aspects of her meetings with the interviewer.

Mr Hugh Raft (HR)

HR was perceived by the interviewer as an unhappy man who might benefit from the psychotherapeutic aspects of the investigation. The interviews with HR began in August 1992 and continued until January 1994, with a total of thirteen recorded and transcribed interviews. HR had mild cognitive deficits and, for most of the interviews, was able to remember his past with some clarity. This case-study is interesting in that it appeared as if the informant himself had made inaccurate interpretations of his own life experiences. For this reason, a more psychodynamic interpretation of his meanings is given.

RH had recently remarried for the second time. His relationship with his new wife was poor. At the commencement of the investigation he frequently cried, and did so throughout many of the interviews. Life for him was not happy:

HR … But er … it is a good I think you if you can get dead somehow!

HR I am sad! (Tears filled his eyes). I've been sad a long time darling.

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