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September 10, 2025Health Sociology ReviewOpen Access

From ‘living death’ to ‘becoming-with’: caring for dementia beyond the human

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AMAikaterini MentzouJRJosephine RoßMEMaggie Ellis

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Critical overview discusses selfhood in dementia and person-centred care, suggesting a posthuman approach.

Key Points

  • The essay explores how attitudes towards selfhood in dementia have evolved over time, highlighting historical concepts of 'living death'.
  • It finds that there has been a significant shift towards recognizing perseverance of selfhood in dementia within person-centred care.
  • Historical discourses reveal deep philosophical roots in selfhood conceptions that shaped care practices in western cultures, affecting perspectives.
  • The analysis suggests a posthuman approach could redefine relationships and care strategies for individuals living with dementia.

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Mentzou et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68c1d23054b1d3bfb60f7dafhttps://doi.org/10.1080/14461242.2025.2547578
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