A common conception is that hat dementia destroys the sense of self. Prof. dr. Schilderman, prof. dr. Slors and Tessa van Woerkum-Rooker MA, together with colleagues from Radboudumc will explore how a far more sophisticated idea of the self can be traced back in various types of dementia with the aim to renew one-sided views of dementia that identify brain-disease with complete self-loss.
Based on a philosophical inquiry and in-depth interviews with people suffering from dementia and their caregivers we expect to uncover senses of self that up until now have not been recognized in dementia care and that may contribute to an innovation of person-oriented ‘self-care’.
