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MARQUE Stream 1

Conceptual research of personhood in dementia.

Led by: Prof. Paul Higgs

What is Stream 1?

Steam 1 is the conceptual stream of MARQUE and is a theoretical investigation into the concepts of person and personhood and their application to care practises for people with dementia. These ideas will underpin the rest of research in MARQUE and help us to better understand how personhood, agitation and dementia are related.

How's it going?

The theoretical work undertaken in this stream has interrogated the idea of personhood within dementia care and pointed to the confusing overlap between personhood and ideas of the self in many key interventions. It has also concluded that a key missing aspect of the discussion is that of the personhood of paid carers in Nursing Homes. These findings have been published - see MARQUE publications