Unfortunately, I have had only one session since the last research diary (my client went on vacation). Most of this diary will contain my thoughts moving forward with my research. My research question is how does manipulation of a writing genre impact the level of participation and sense of self in a shared writing activity for a client with dementia? I am focusing on different genres and improving sense of self for my client during shared writing. Since having a memory loss, he often has a negative view of self (i.e., he makes comments during therapy/group). He enjoys shared writing with the clinician my goal is to focus on this and varying the genre of writing (i.e., narrative or explanatory). Regarding writing, we are currently writing
