Abstract
![CDATA[Dementia is a global phenomenon, although described predominantly in Western diagnostic terms. Remote-living Indigenous Australians have substantially higher rates of dementia than the general Australian population. Prevalence in urban Indigenous Australians is as yet unknown and research is lacking into the dementia experience of older Indigenous people. This study is about the lived experience of ‘dementia’ in an urban indigenous setting and a reinterpretation of what people have been living with, as part of contemporary reality and cultural memory. Family members of indigenous people with dementia will be interviewed over time to map an experience trajectory and data will be re-interpreted in relation to, ‘culturally derived and historically situated interpretations of the social life-world’ (Crotty, 1998). How is dementia configured and imagined and where are we, study’s participants and myself, in this process? Forums with Elders groups will uncover community narratives of dementia. This presentation addressed the impetus behind my choice of research methodology, evolution and context of the study, its purpose and potential application.]]
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Abstracts of the 8th Biennial International Qualitative Research Conference: Worlds Connected: Perform, Involve, Participate: 6-8 September 2010, Bournemouth University |
Publisher | Bournemouth University |
Pages | 58-58 |
Number of pages | 1 |
Publication status | Published - 2010 |
Event | International Qualitative Research Conference - Duration: 1 Jan 2010 → … |
Conference
Conference | International Qualitative Research Conference |
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Period | 1/01/10 → … |
Keywords
- dementia
- older people
- Aboriginal Australians
- Australia