ABSTRACT
Walking interviews allow people living with dementia to have control over the research situation and to be more active compared to traditional sit-down interviews. Walking interviews were conducted amongst people living with dementia in ordinary housing in a Swedish context, together with sit-down interviews. The procedure started with a sit-down interview in the participant's home either with, or without, a spouse or some other caregiver present. In traditional interview situations the researcher has the role of leading the session but in walking interviews this is not taken for granted. Walking interviews as a research method gives opportunities to share experiences with a person living with dementia in everyday outdoor situations. The participants expressed that walking in their neighbourhood promoted health and wellbeing, irrespectively of less or more symptoms of their condition. Social research about public space for people living with dementia in their ordinary housing in the local community has only recently begun to develop.
