Avoiding repair, maintaining face: Responding to hard-to-interpret talk from people living with dementia in the acute hospital
(2021)
Journal Article
Pilnick, A., O'Brien, R., Beeke, S., Goldberg, S., & Harwood, R. (2021). Avoiding repair, maintaining face: Responding to hard-to-interpret talk from people living with dementia in the acute hospital. Social Science and Medicine, 282, Article 114156. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2021.114156
People living with dementia (PLWD) are almost always admitted to the acute hospital for reasons unrelated to their dementia, finding themselves in the unfamiliar environment of a Health Care of Older Persons acute ward. The effect of this environment... Read More about Avoiding repair, maintaining face: Responding to hard-to-interpret talk from people living with dementia in the acute hospital.