Centre for Dementia

Seminar: 'Literature in care homes: shared reading as a non-medical intervention for people with dementia

 
Date(s)
Thursday 8th October 2015 (11:30-12:30)
Description

Speaker: Dr Kevin Harvey 

Kevin will examine the phenomenon of shared reading, how shared reading might work in a care home and help to lessen the symptoms of dementia - including what type of literary texts are able to achieve certain aims and are most useful/appropriate in such a context.

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Centre for Dementia

The University of Nottingham
Institute of Mental Health
Jubilee Campus
Wollaton Road
Nottingham, NG8 1BB


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