Body, time, space and relationship in the music listening experiences of women with chronic illness

2010 ◽  
Vol 38 (3) ◽  
pp. 351-367 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennifer J. Nicol
Keyword(s):  
Chronic Illness ◽  
Music Listening ◽  
Time Space ◽  
Experiences Of Women

Connectedness in Chronic Illness: Women’s Journeys

2004 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 14-20 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elizabeth Predeger, ◽  
Christina Mumma,
Keyword(s):  
Breast Cancer ◽  
Multiple Sclerosis ◽  
Chronic Illness ◽  
Secondary Analysis ◽  
Qualitative Studies ◽  
Illness Experience ◽  
Illness Narrative ◽  
Research And Practice ◽  
Descriptive Approach ◽  
Experiences Of Women

The purpose of this inquiry was to explore connectedness in the lives of women living with chronic illness. Narrative data gathered from multiple qualitative studies over a 13-year period describing experiences of women with multiple sclerosis (MS) and women with breast cancer provided the basis for this secondary analysis. Guided by an interpretive-descriptive approach (Thorne, Kirkham, & MacDonald Emes, 1997), the essence of connectedness in the lives of the participants emerged. Women reported that chronic illness provided an awareness of their pattern, connection with others, and movement toward health. Glimpsing into the essence of connectedness provides insights into women’s chronic illness experience and poses questions to guide nurses’ caring research and practice possibilities in this important area of women’s health.

scholarly journals ‘Gonna make yer gorgeous’: Everyday transformation, resistance and belonging in the care-based hair salon

Dementia ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. 395-413 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard Ward ◽  
Sarah Campbell ◽  
John Keady
Keyword(s):  
Older Women ◽  
Dementia Care ◽  
Appearance Management ◽  
Time Space ◽  
Power And Resistance ◽  
The Everyday ◽  
Care Project ◽  
Everyday Resistance ◽  
Experiences Of Women ◽  
Everyday Discrimination

This paper makes a contribution to an emerging debate on dementia and citizenship through a focus on the everyday experiences of women living with dementia and in receipt of care. In particular, a link is drawn between hairdressing and citizenship in the context of dementia care. Informed by a wider debate over the importance of an emplaced, embodied and performative approach to citizenship, the authors highlight the way that intersecting forms of resistance unfold in the salon. The Hair and Care project, as the name implies, focused upon hair care and styling in the context of a wider consideration of appearance and how it is managed and what it means for people living with dementia. With a focus upon the routine, mundane and thereby often unproblematised aspects of everyday life in/with care, the discussion draws together two key ideas concerned with the interplay of power and resistance: Essed’s (1991) theory of ‘everyday discrimination’ and Scott’s (1985) notion of ‘everyday resistance’. The findings illuminate the creative and collective forms of agency exercised by older women living with dementia, in the context of their relationships with one another and with the hairdressers whose services and support inspire their loyalty and patronage. Findings from the study point to the link between (inter-)personal practices of appearance management and a wider set of social conditions that are manifest in the on-going struggle over time, space and bodies in dementia care.

scholarly journals Creating Vocative Texts

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennifer Nicol
Keyword(s):  
Chronic Illness ◽  
Qualitative Inquiry ◽  
Music Listening ◽  
Van Manen ◽  
Poetic Text ◽  
Five Elements ◽  
The Senses

Vocative texts are expressive poetic text s that strive to show rather than tell, that communicate felt knowledge, and that appeal to the senses. They are increasingly used by researchers to present qualitative findings, but little has been written about how to create such texts. To this end, excerpts from an inquiry into the experience and meaning of music listening in the context of chronic illness (Nicol, 2002) are presented and used to illustrate five elements associated with vocative texts (van Manen, 1997). Further student examples of vocative writing are also provided. The intent is to make a pragmatic contribution to the growing literature on writing and qualitative inquiry, and to stimulate interest in experimenting with different ways of writing.

“Music First”

GeroPsych ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 31 (1) ◽  
pp. 17-30 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dane L. Shiltz ◽  
Tara T. Lineweaver ◽  
Tim Brimmer ◽  
Alex C. Cairns ◽  
Danielle S. Halcomb ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Usual Care ◽  
Psychological Symptoms ◽  
Care Facility ◽  
Care Group ◽  
Music Listening ◽  
Term Care ◽  
Antipsychotic Medications ◽  
Risk Of Death ◽  
Extended Care ◽  
Individualized Music

Abstract. Existing research has primarily evaluated music therapy (MT) as a means of reducing the negative affect, behavioral, and/or cognitive symptoms of dementia. Music listening (ML), on the other hand, offers a less-explored, potentially equivalent alternative to MT and may further reduce exposure to potentially harmful psychotropic medications traditionally used to manage negative behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia (BPSD). This 5-month prospective, naturalistic, interprofessional, single-center extended care facility study compared usual care (45 residents) and usual care combined with at least thrice weekly personalized ML sessions (47 residents) to determine the influence of ML. Agitation decreased for all participants (p < .001), and the ML residents receiving antipsychotic medications at baseline experienced agitation levels similar to both the usual care group and the ML patients who were not prescribed antipsychotics (p < .05 for medication × ML interaction). No significant changes in psychotropic medication exposure occurred. This experimental study supports ML as an adjunct to pharmacological approaches to treating agitation in older adults with dementia living in long-term care facilities. It also highlights the need for additional research focused on how individualized music programs affect doses and frequencies of antipsychotic medications and their associated risk of death and cerebrovascular events in this population.

Contribution of Demographics, Sociological Factors, and Media Usage to Verbal Aggressiveness

2014 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 92-102 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jack Glascock
Keyword(s):  
Emerging Adults ◽  
Peer Influence ◽  
Video Game ◽  
Rap Music ◽  
Verbal Aggression ◽  
Hierarchical Regression ◽  
Music Listening ◽  
Verbal Aggressiveness ◽  
Media Usage ◽  
Sociological Factors

Given the increasing relevance of verbal aggression in today’s society, the goal of this study was to assess the relative contributions of potential demographic and sociological factors. Emerging adults were surveyed, and the data were analyzed using correlations and hierarchical regression. While television viewing, video game playing, and music listening were positively correlated with verbal aggression, only (rap) music listening remained significant when demographic and other sociological influences were factored in. Overall, the hierarchical regression analysis found religiosity, parental and peer influence, quality of neighborhood, sex, and media usage (listening to rap music) to be significant contributors to verbal aggression among emerging adults. Male participants reported more verbally aggressive behavior than women, and African Americans reported more verbal aggression than White respondents. While media usage seems to play a significant, but relatively small role, other demographic and sociological factors such as gender, neighborhood, religion, peers, and parents appear to be major contributors in the development of verbal aggression among emerging adults.

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