Table 1.

Transcription of videorecorded interaction in residential care case

Speech turnsActions
Care worker1: The model of 1928… how much must this have cost
Resident2: a lot
Care worker1: must have…
Four residents are sitting around the table Care worker 1 is leaning on the table, standing between two residents. Resident 2 has a magazine and Care worker 1 is reading it silently at the same time with the resident 2. Resident 1 is on the right side of Care worker 1, eating
Care worker 3 is in the kitchen. Care worker 2 is on the other side of the table, helping two residents eat
Care worker 1 sees a story about old automobiles and shows it to the residents eating on both sides of her
Resident1: It was… It was in Mustio
Resident3 (talking to herself): Mum’s already home, dad’s got cancer
Resident1: it came, the car came to…
Care worker1: Where did it come?
Resident1: To Mustio
Care worker1: To the castle of Mustio?
Resident3: There’s no money for food!
Care worker2: There’s food now…
Resident1: First car came to Mustio, to the Castle of Mustio
Care worker1: Oh, was it just the 1920s or earlier?
Resident1: It was… it w.. came, the car. That’s where the car came. With the driver!
Care worker1: Oh, with a driver?
Resident3: Mum’s at home and dad’s at work
Care worker2 (laughing): Like with the car for free?
Resident1: They didn’t understand cars here yet
Care worker1: Yeah, it’s better that there was a driver
Resident3: Virtanen, please leave!
Care worker1: Did it come from United States?
Resident1: No
Care worker1: No?
Resident1: No. From Holland
Care worker1: Oh okay! Wow…
Care worker 1 continues reading
Care worker 1 starts to listen, looking at Resident1
Resident 1’s voice is very weak, and he speaks very quietly
A resident shouting nut using no words in another room, the shouting drowns out the discussion a little. Care worker 1 raises her gaze in the direction of the shouting, and then turns back to Resident 1
Care worker1: They’re interesting, and beautiful!
Resident3: Mum’s already at home, dad’s at work!
Resident1: I got to drive it!
Care worker1: You did?
Resident1: Not the car, I got to drive the tr…tr…
Care worker1: A tractor? An old one?
Resident1: yeah, and I’ve seen…
Care worker3: Here comes coffee!
Care worker2: Great, coffee service
Care worker 1 turns her attention back to the magazine, reads something
Resident 1 says something, Care worker 1 looks at him
Care worker 3 comes from the kitchen with a tray filled with coffee mugs and puts the tray on the table
The moment is interrupted. The attention turns to the coffee and Resident 1’s story is interrupted
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