How might the cultural significance of storytelling in Deaf communities influence the development of a life story work intervention for Deaf people with dementia?: A conceptual thematic review

摘要: Although life-story work is an established form of support for people with dementia and their carers, culturally Deaf who are sign language users have been excluded from this practice. There no evidence base the cultural coherence approach sign, nor any prior investigation linguistic adaptation that might be required to effective dementia. Given lack empirical work, conceptual thematic literature review approaches topic by first investigating significance storytelling practices amongst communities across lifespan before using findings draw out key implications development experience formal informal carers (whether or hearing). The reviewed presented in three themes: (a) positioning self others, (b) learning (c) resistance narratives resistance. article concludes has potential build on lifelong storying people, functions which included (re)forming identity, combating ontological insecurity, knowledge transmission, false identity attribution, celebration culture.