20.3278, Confs: Discourse Analysis, Pragmatics, Sociolinguistics/Japan

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Subject: 20.3278, Confs: Discourse Analysis, Pragmatics, Sociolinguistics/Japan

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Date: 28-Sep-2009
From: Peter Backhaus < backhaup at hotmail.com >
Subject: Communication in Institutional Elderly Care

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Date: Tue, 29 Sep 2009 09:58:25
From: Peter Backhaus [backhaup at hotmail.com]
Subject: Communication in Institutional Elderly Care

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Communication in Institutional Elderly Care 

Date: 01-Oct-2009 - 02-Oct-2009 
Location: Tokyo, Japan 
Contact: Peter Backhaus 
Contact Email: backhaus at dijtokyo.org 

Linguistic Field(s): Discourse Analysis; Pragmatics; Sociolinguistics 

Meeting Description: 

This conference brings together researchers of communication in institutional elderly care. Its aim is to get a better idea of the communicative properties of caring facilities and to discuss differences and similarities in cross-cultural comparison. 

1 October (Thu)

9:45-10:00
Welcoming Remarks 

Session 1: Case Studies (Chair: Florian Coulmas)

10:00-10:45 
Trine Heinemann: ''Communication between Home Helpers and Elderly Citizens in Denmark''

10:45-11:30 
Margaret Maclagan and Annabel Grant: ''Care of People with Alzheimer's Disease in New Zealand''

11:30-12:15	
Boyd H. Davis and Mary K. Smith: ''Dementia Care Communication in Residential Facilities: Intersections of Training and Research''

Session 2: Applied Perspectives (Chair: Heidi Hamilton)

14:00-14:45	
Ellen Ryan: ''Using Narrative Arts to Foster Personhood in Dementia''

14:45-15:30	
Rosemary Lubinski: ''Strategies for Creating a Positive Communication Environment in Long Term Care Settings''

15:30-16:00	
Coffee Break

16:00-16:45	
Kristine Williams: ''Elderspeak in Dementia Care: Incidence and Outcomes''  

2 October (Fri)

Session 3: Case Studies (Chair: Rosemary Lubinski)     

10:30-11:15	
Peter Backhaus: ''Me Nurse You Resident: Institutional Role Play in a Japanese Caring Facility''

11:15-12:00	
Agnes Maria Engbersen: ''Communication in a Dutch Caring Institution''

Session 4: Beyond the Institution (Chair: Ellen Ryan)

14:00-14:45	
Heidi Hamilton: ''At the Intersection of Art, Alzheimer's disease, and Discourse: Talk in Response to Museum Paintings''  

14:45-15:30	
Christina K. Englert: ''Interactions among Autonomously Living Elderly and Elderly Living in a Caring Facility''

15:30-16:15	
Yoshiko Matsumoto: ''Discourse of Non-institutionalized Elderly Women in Japan''

16:30-17:30	
Final Discussion 

Each presentation includes 15 minutes for discussion.

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