Hello everyone, I am looking for a form of qualitative methodology and methods that would work for people with dementia and was wondering if anyone had experience in this area or thoughts on what might work? Thank you!
Hi Caroline,
Peter Ashworth has some super manuscripts approaching things from a phenomenological perspective (Lifeworld/Sheffield) that might be worth checking out. They are some of my all time favourite qualitative manuscripts.
Hope that helps!
Cheers,
-Adam
I suppose it would depend upon your time constraints and any guidelines you ethically have to adhere to as part of your approved proposal.
For dementia patients, I would begin each session with a few standardized questions , the same ones each time so you have a comparative baseline to work from. Then you can move on to semi-structured less formal questions to develop and build upon data you have already collected.
I don't know the nature of your research, if you are engaging in a case study, have the ability to observe dementia sufferers in their homes or care facilities, or what your research question/thesis is.
One less obtrusive method would be looking into archival data you may have access to as well.
Best to you.
My student, Jutta Ataie, used dyadic interviews and photo voice with early stage dementia patients. You will find a summary of her research in the attached publication.
Article Introducing Dyadic Interviews as a Method for Collecting Qua...
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