"Their Capacity to Delight": Knowing Persons with Dementia through Haiku

"Their Capacity to Delight": Knowing Persons with Dementia through Haiku

Haiku--appreciation

Alzheimer's Disease--therapy.

Alzheimer's disease--Social aspects

Haiku--theses and dissertations

Poetry and music have both been shown to help build bridges to the minds of those with dementia. This thesis, based on sessions spent by the author, a haiku poet, with persons with dementia, explores the question whether using haiku to nurture the capacities of those with dementia might help to bring hope into a dismal picture.

Kocher, Philomene

A thesis submitted to the Faculty of Education in conformity with the requirements for the degree of Master of Education, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada

Queen's University
Kingston, Ontario,
Canada

April, 2008

All rights reserved. This thesis is republished here with the kind permission of the author.

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