Understanding Existential Health for Dementia Care

Part 1: Existential Health, Suffering, Personhood, and Culture. 1. Existential Health and Persons with Dementia Peter la Cour. 2. Dementia as an Existential Challenge: Acknowledging the Paradox of Suffering and Meaning Tatjana Schnell. 3. The Fear of Dementia and the Challenge to Personhood: Exploring the Depths of Our Existential Dread Peter Kevern. 4. The Cultural Struggle in Dementia Care: A Focus on Acculturation, Religion, and Existential Concerns OEnver Cetrez. 5. Vignettes: Existential Dramas in Patients with Severe Dementia Tor-Arne Isene. Part 2: Existential Health Related to Person-Centered Care, Brain Complexity of Dementia, Daily Living, and Emotions. 6. Person-Centered Care and Existential Health Bjorn Lichtwarck. 7. The Brain and the Complexity of Dementia Sverre Bergh. 8. Types of Dementia, Daily Living, and Existential Health Knut Hestad and Knut Engedal. 9. Beyond Memory Loss: The Role of Emotion and Narrative in Dementia Care Gry Stalsett. Part 3: Existential Health in Practice. 10. Existential Conversations in Dementia: The Card Methods Peter la Cour, Bendik Sparre Hovet, and Trine Maria Struer-Tranberg. 11. Conversations on Existential Themes with Persons with Dementia Silje Mathea Nylund and Ingvild Hjorth Feiring. 12. Navigating Dementia with Cultural and Spiritual Sensitivity: The Role of Family and Caregivers Gry Stalsett, Shahram Shaygani, Lars Lien, and Lars Johan Danbolt. 13. The Importance of Online Discussion Forums for Caregivers in Dementia Care Hans Stifoss-Hanssen and Peter Kevern. 14. The Presence of the Past: Existential Dementia Care in a Life Tapestry Perspective Lars Johan Danbolt. Forgotten but Not Disappeared Sturla J. Stalsett.