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Preserving Sense of Self Preserving Sense of Self amongst People with amongst People with
Alzheimer’s Disease at Alzheimer’s Disease at the End of Their Lives the End of Their Lives
Astrid Norberg Astrid Norberg
Ersta Sköndal University CollegeErsta Sköndal University CollegeUmeå UniversityUmeå University
University in TromsøUniversity in Tromsø
Preserving a Sense of Self amongst People with Alzheimer’s Disease at the end of their Lives
De-mentiaDe-mentiaWithout soul (mind)Without soul (mind)
(Jenkins & Price 1996)(Jenkins & Price 1996)
UnbecomingUnbecoming((Fontana & Smith 1989) Fontana & Smith 1989)
De-selfingDe-selfing(Harrison 1993)(Harrison 1993)
Dementia disease Dementia disease is a threat to is a threat to
sense of identitysense of identity
Lucid momentsLucid momentsRemembersRemembersUnderstandsUnderstands
CaresCares
((Normann et al 1998)Normann et al 1998)
Human Human beingbeing
Person with dementia Person with dementia diseasedisease
How can How can we help a we help a
person person with AD?with AD?
Subject Subject SelfSelf
PersonPerson
SubjectSubjectPainPain
PleasurePleasureGriefGrief
MeaningMeaning
Difficulty Difficulty localisating, localisating,
interpreting and interpreting and expressing expressing
feelingsfeelings
(Buffum et al 2007)(Buffum et al 2007)
Who am I?Who am I?
Personal identity Personal identity depending on depending on
memorymemory
(Parfit 1971, 1984) (Parfit 1971, 1984)
Harrés Harrés theorytheory
IdentityIdentity
(Self 1, Self 2, Self (Self 1, Self 2, Self 3)3)
Self 1Self 1My perspective
Anchored in body, place and time,””I wish, I feel, I
think”
How can How can we help the we help the
person person with AD?with AD?
Meeting as a Meeting as a YouYou
BodyBody
I see youI see youI hear you I hear you I touch youI touch youI speak to I speak to
youyou
Preserved Preserved sense of Self sense of Self
1?1?
Embodied Embodied indentityindentity
(Kontos 2004)(Kontos 2004)
CommunicatiCommunication through on through
bodybody
Self 2Self 2
My knowledge
about myself
My historyMy historyMy My
characteristicscharacteristicsMy opinions etc.My opinions etc.
Self-biographical Self-biographical memorymemory
where we were born, our where we were born, our opinions etc.opinions etc.(semantic) (semantic)
special episodesspecial episodes(episodic)(episodic)
(Westmacott et al 2004)(Westmacott et al 2004)
Life historyLife history
Semantic memoryEpisodic memoryImplicite memory
Memory of Memory of childhood and childhood and
early early adulthoodadulthood
(Addis &Tippett 2004) (Addis &Tippett 2004)
Keep historyKeep history
RecallRecall
RecognizeRecognize
Emotional Emotional tonetone
Interpretation based on Interpretation based on memory with the same memory with the same
emotional toneemotional tone
(Piefke et al 2003) (Piefke et al 2003)
II
Me Me (several)(several)
Personal mePersonal meSpiritual meSpiritual me
Social meSocial meMaterial meMaterial me
Moral meMoral meEthnic meEthnic me
Nature ActivitiesObjects
Dead Others
God
Self
How can How can we help a we help a
person person with AD?with AD?
AmnesiaAmnesiaAgnosiaAgnosiaApraxiaApraxiaAphasiaAphasia
etc.etc.
Nature ActivitiesObjects
Dead Others
God
Self
Self 3Self 3
I as treated I as treated by othersby others
The partner The partner co-creatingco-creating
We We co-create co-create
each each othersothers
How can How can we help a we help a
person person with AD?with AD?
CommunicatiCommunication on
RelationshipRelationship
(Normann et al 2001)(Normann et al 2001)
ConfirmationConfirmation
DignityDignitySignificanceSignificance
SubjectSubjectSelfSelf
PersonPerson
PersonPersonRightsRights
(dignity, (dignity, information, information,
konfidentiality, konfidentiality, decision)decision)
How can How can we help a we help a
person person with AD?with AD?
Adapt to the Adapt to the person’s person’s abilityability
Person Person THENTHEN
Person NOWPerson NOW
Nature ActivitiesObjects
Dead Others
God
Self
Possible Possible selvesselves
What you wish to beWhat you wish to be
What you fear to beWhat you fear to be
What you can beWhat you can be((Cotrell & Hooker 2005)Cotrell & Hooker 2005)
Preserve Preserve selfself
Not show Not show deficits deficits
Show Show strengthsstrengths
Subject Subject SelfSelf
PersonPerson
Experienced by selfExperienced by selfObserved by othersObserved by others
Expressed by self Expressed by selfExpressed by othersExpressed by others
Intended by self Intended by selfInterpreted by selfInterpreted by self
Human Human beingbeing
Person with dementia Person with dementia diseasedisease