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Storytelling competition to explore supporting people with dementia.
Come 4 December, competition organisers Dementia Training Australia (DTA) will ask undergraduate students to tell a story in a medium of their choice addressing the topic, ‘A salutogenic approach to caring for people living with dementia: how my discipline can support a life that is manageable, understandable and meaningful’.
Salutogenesis stems from the Latin word for health, salus, and a Greek word meaning source, genesis. DTA said salutogenesis, or sources of health, focuses on factors that support health and wellbeing, shifting away from a more traditional, pathogenic focus on risk and problems.
Entries in the 2017 National Dementia Storytelling Competition will be assessed on the following criteria:
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