Venue
German Institute for Japanese Studies (DIJ)
Jochi Kioizaka Bldg. 2F
7-1 Kioicho, Chiyoda-ku
Tokyo 102-0094, Japan
Tel: 03-3222-5198, Fax: 03-3222-5420
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Communication in Institutional Elderly Care: Cross-cultural Perspectives
October 1 - October 2, 2009
Population ageing is a worldwide phenomenon that poses great challenges to the societies concerned. One of these challenges is an ever increasing number of elderly people in need of institutional care. This conference focuses on one fundamental aspect of care: communication. As previous research has shown, linguistic interaction in eldercare facilities takes place under a set of relatively extreme conditions such as time constraints on the part of the care workers and various physical and/or mental deficiencies on the part of the residents. It can be assumed that these conditions apply to most elderly care institutions in late modern societies. How do they shape the way people communicate in these settings? What differences and similarities can be observed across different cultures and languages? And what concepts can be derived from these findings for the linguistic training of care professionals? This conference, which is funded by Fritz Thyssen Stiftung, brings together an international group of specialists to discuss these questions.
The conference language is English. For more information, please contact backhaus@dijtokyo.org
Presentations
Day 1 October 1st (Thursday)
9:45-10:00
Welcoming Remarks
Session 1: Case Studies
Florian Coulmas
10:00-10:45
Communication Between Home Helpers and Elderly Citizens in Denmark
Trine Heineman (University of Southern Denmark)
11:30-12:15
Care of People with Alzheimer’s Disease in New Zealand
Margaret Maclagan (University of Canterbury, New Zealand) and Annabel Grant (Massey University, New Zealand)
LUNCH BREAK
Session 2: Applied Perspectives
Heidi Hamilton
14:00-14:45
Dementia Care Communication in Residential Facilities: Intersections of training and research
Boyd Davis (University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA)
14:45-15:30
Using Narrative Arts to Foster Personhood in Dementia
Ellen Ryan (McMaster University, Canada)
15:30-16:00
COFFEE BREAK
16:00-16:45
Strategies for Creating a Positive Communication Environment in Long Term Care Settings
Rosemary Lubinski (University of Buffalo, USA)
16:45-17:30
Elderspeak in Dementia Care: Incidence and Outcomes
Kristine Williams (University of Kansas, USA)
19:00-21.00
CONFERENCE DINNER
Day 2 October 2nd (Friday)
Session 3: Case Studies
10:00-10:45
Me Nurse You Resident: Institutional Role Play in a Japanese Caring Facility
Peter Backhaus
11:30-12:15
Communication in a Dutch Caring Institution
Agnes Maria Engbersen (Hanze University Groningen, Netherlands)
12:15-14:00
LUNCH BREAK
Session 4: Beyond the Institution
Ellen Ryan
14:00-14:45
At the Intersection of Art, Alzheimer’s Disease, and Discourse: Talk in Response to Museum Paintings
Heidi Hamilton (Georgetown University, USA)
14:45-15:30
Interactions Among Autonomously Living Elderly and Elderly Living in a Caring Facility
Christina K. Englert (University of Groningen, Netherlands)
15:30-16:15
Discourse of Non-institutionalized Elderly in Japan
Yoshiko Matsumoto (Stanford University, USA)
16:15-16:30
COFFEE BREAK
16:30-17:30
Final Discussion
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19:00-21:00
WELCOME RECEPTION
- Each presentation includes 15 minutes for discussion