Couples living with dementia managing conflicting knowledge claims

This conversation analytic study investigates how couples manage conflicting knowledge claims when one of the persons has dementia (PWD). The data are video-recordings 16 talking with a third party. analysis focuses on negotiation epistemic rights, more precisely partners initiate repair and correct made by PWD matters belonging to latter’s domain. We identified three main practices for correcting PWD: (1) statement, thereby claiming authority oneself denying it PWD, (2) inviting self-correct, attributing some (3) disagreeing providing reasons one’s alternative claim, establishing symmetric gradient. PWDs responses corrections displayed different degrees acceptance, ranging from self-denigration resistance insistence.