As part of the process of writing this
thesis and reflecting on my writing I have been able to clarify my embodied
values and to look at how I live these values in my practice. In order to communicate this and to
share with others, in a creative form, my learning, I have created a DVD from
some of the video clips I have gathered as part of my research process.(See
also, Chapter 3. Expressing and
clarifying my values through the creation of a DVD.) In the DVD chapter
ÒBreaking down the walls of silenceÓ I have focussed on the importance to me
and the work I am engaged in in the development of inclusional
relationships. This chapter opens
with a clip of me explaining to Shaun the reasons behind my choice of clips,
which is being influenced by the importance I place on my embodied values of
inclusional relationship, responsive practice, trust, love and respect for self
and for others and the importance of living life creatively. The next clips, which are of patients
with dementia and their carers talking to me about their experience of living
with dementia and their relationship with their healthcare providers. I am trying to make sure that I am
including their voices in the development of health services and I believe that
this clip communicates the inclusional nature of my engagement with them. I have interspersed with these clips
further clips from the characters devised from this research. These characters
were devised with a pedagogical intent but their development has also been
influenced by my embodied values.