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4 - The Role of Applied Conversation Analysis to Enhance Equity in Care for People with Dementia from Minority Ethnic Groups

from Part 2 - Dementia and Diagnostics

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 November 2024

By
Charlotta Plejert
Edited by
Peter Muntigl ,
Charlotta Plejert  and
Danielle Jones
Peter Muntigl
Affiliation:
Universiteit Gent, Belgium
Charlotta Plejert
Affiliation:
Linköpings Universitet, Sweden
Danielle Jones
Affiliation:
University of Bradford
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Summary

The aim of this chapter is to discuss the role of applied Conversation Analysis in the overarching area of dementia care for minority ethnic groups in Europe: people who often do not receive the same quality of dementia care as majority populations. Analysis of an episode from a video-recorded, interpreter-mediated dementia assessment and accounts from ethnographic interviews and informal conversations with stakeholders are used as a vehicle for discussing the role of applied CA to intervene in the problem of inequity in care for minority ethnic persons with dementia. Even when CA studies, for example on dementia, get published and researchers present numerous important implications for relevant stakeholders, the road towards actual application is often long and complex. This chapter builds on the international collaboration between CA scholars and different stakeholders conducted over a period extending for ten years, also resulting in an impact at a societal level in terms of recommendations not just within the scientific community but also at an international, political level.

Keywords

applied Conversation Analysisdementia assessmentminority ethnic peopleequity in carepolitical impact
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Dementia and Language
The Lived Experience in Interaction
 , pp. 73 - 100
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2024

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