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Stories and metaphors: Talking about the past in a psychotherapy group for people with dementia (1996)
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Cheston, R. (1996). Stories and metaphors: Talking about the past in a psychotherapy group for people with dementia. Ageing and Society, 16(5), 579-602

Social constructionist approaches to the talk of older adults diagnosed as suffering from a dementing illness have emphasised the importance of analysing such talk in terms of its social function. Drawing on this work together with the increasing cli... Read More about Stories and metaphors: Talking about the past in a psychotherapy group for people with dementia.