Participatory Case Study Work

Sion Williams is Reader in Health Research in the School of Health Sciences at Bangor University, UK.John Keady is Professor of Older People’s Mental Health Nursing, a joint appointment between The University of Manchester and Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust, UK.

• Introduction1. Participatory Case Study Work: What It Is, How It Functions and Our Adaptations to the Approach Part 1: Working One-to-one to Develop a Personal Theory2. Living at Home with Semantic Dementia: Creating a Life Story Book with Ruby and Brian to Support Personal Identity and Well-being3. ‘The Man on the Cross’: Uncovering the Body, Faith and Reflexive Self in Late-stage Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease 4. Living at Home with Young Onset Dementia: Co-constructing a Family Biography with Susan and Her Nominated Family Members 5. Diagramming Stroke Survivorship and Recovery: Supporting Malcolm and Margaret to Conceptually Develop and Find Meaning in the ‘Stroke Circle’ and Its Situated Function as a ‘Boundary Fence’ 6. A Life in Balance: Co-constructing Sarah’s Early Adjustment to Alzheimer’s Disease Through a Series of Visual Representations of a See-saw 7. Visual Stories and Living with Dementia: Developing and Co-constructing a Neighbourhood Map with Diane and Dave to Represent Ageing-in-placePart 2: Generating a Collective Theory from a Series of Personal Theories 8. Generating a Collective Theory of Early Diagnosis in Parkinson’s: The Value of the Participatory in Participatory Case Study Work Part 3: Doing Participatory Case Study Work with Groups9. Music in Mind: Understanding the ‘In The Moment’ Musical Experiences of People Living with Dementia in a Group Setting 10. ‘Stories from a Very Different Salford’: Co-designing and Co-producing a Biographical Place-making Animation with the Open Doors Research Group 11. New Horizons: Working with Communities to Develop Dementia Friendly Churches Part 4: Drawing It Together12. Conclusion: Reflections and Directions in Participatory Case Study Work