Preface Nikolas Coupland \ 1. Introduction, Peter Backhaus \ 2. Elderspeak in institutional care, Kristine N. Williams \ 3. Dementia care communication in residential facilities: Intersections of training and research, Boyd H. Davis and Mary K. Smith \ 4. Creating a positive communication environment in long term care settings, Rosemary Lubinski \ 5. Care of people with Alzheimer's Disease in New Zealand, Margaret Maclagan and Annabel Grant \ 6. Roles, relations and the loss of autonomy in caretaking of the elderly in Denmark, Trine Heinemann \ 7. A German case study on communication in migrant-in-the-family eldercare, Hilke Engfer \ 8. Institutional role play in a Japanese eldercare facility, Peter Backhaus \ 9. What peer conversations suggest for communication in elderly care, Yoshiko Matsumoto \ 10. Art, Alzheimer's Disease, and discourse: Talk in response to museum paintings, Heidi Hamilton \ 11. Using narrative arts to foster personhood in dementia Ellen B. Ryan and Lori Schindel Martin
Peter Backhaus is a Lecturer at Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan