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Communication and dementia: how effective is the Talking Mats approach?
- Authors:
- COX Sylvia, MURPHY Joan, GRAY Cindy
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Dementia Care, 16(3), May 2008, pp.35-38.
- Publisher:
- Hawker
This article gives the background and sets out key findings of a research project funded by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation. The study examined the effectiveness of Talking Matts, a low-technology communication framework to help people with dementia to express themselves, compared to other communication methods. Participants were recruited through dementia service providers and residential care homes in central Scotland. Results found that Talking Mats enabled people with moderate and late stage dementia to communicate their views more readily than either ordinary or structured conversation. The framework appeared to offer a valuable resource to people with dementia, family carers and care practitioners.
The use of Talking Mats to improve communication and quality of care for people with dementia
- Authors:
- MURPHY Joan, GRAY Cindy M., COX Sylvia
- Journal article citation:
- Housing Care and Support, 10(3), December 2007, pp.21-27.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
This paper describes part of a 15-month research project funded by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation. It examined the effectiveness of Talking Mats, a low-technology communication tool, to help people with dementia express their opinions, in comparison with usual communication methods. The study involved 31 people at different stages of dementia who were interviewed about their well-being under three conditions: unstructured (ordinary) conversation, structured conversation and Talking Mats conversation. The study found that Talking Mats can improve communication ability of many people at all stages of dementia in expressing their views about their well-being.
Talking mats: the effectiveness of a low technology communication framework to help people with dementia express their views
- Authors:
- MURPHY Joan, GRAY Cindy M., COX Sylvia
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Assistive Technologies, 1(2), December 2007, pp.30-34.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
The aims of this project were to establish whether Talking Mats, a low tech communication framework, helps people with dementia to communicate and examine how effective the Talking Mats framework is for people at different stages of dementia. The project was carried out over 15 months at the University of Stirling, Scotland. Thirty-one people at three stages of dementia were interviewed about their well-being under three interview conditions - an unstructured (ordinary) conversation, a structured conversation and using the Talking Mats framework. The results indicate that conversations using the Talking Mats framework improved communication for people at all stages of dementia but that not all people at late-stage dementia could use the Talking Mats framework effectively. The researchers concluded that the Talking Mats framework may therefore play an important role in improving quality of care by providing a simple low-cost tool that family and staff can use to engage with people with dementia and help them express their views about a range of topics.
Communication and dementia: how talking mats can help people with dementia to express themselves
- Authors:
- MURPHY Joan, GRAY Cindy M., COX Sylvia
- Publisher:
- Joseph Rowntree Foundation
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Pagination:
- 88p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- York
An assessment of Talking Mats, a low-tech communication tool, as a way of helping people at different stages of dementia to express their views. As dementia progresses, communication deteriorates and it becomes increasingly difficult to ensure that the person’s views are heard. This study involved 31 people who were each interviewed about their well-being using both Talking Mats – a system of simple picture symbols – and usual communication methods.