To act in front of the stories?

Purpose of this lecture given by Staffan Josephsson and Lisa Herulf Scholander from Karolinska Institutet (Sweden) is to discuss how narratively engaged care can be co-created by older persons, their next to kins and staff working with them. We will draw on framework on narrative–in–action developed by Alsaker and Josephsson using theoretical resources from the anthropologist Cheryl Mattingly and the philosopher Paul Ricoeur. The lecture is based on Ruth Zemke lecture given at SSO conference in San Diego Oct 21