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This groundbreaking collection is the first to focus specifically on LGBT* people and dementia. Multi-disciplinary and international in scope, it includes authors from the UK, USA, Canada and Australia, from a range of disciplinary backgrounds, including sociology, social work, psychology, health care and socio-legal studies. Taking an intersectional approach, LGBT Individuals Living with Dementia addresses topics relating to concepts, practice and rights.
List of contents
Foreword 1. Introduction Part I: Concepts Introduction to Part I 2. Gender, Sexuality, Gender Identity and Dementia: (In)Equality Issues 3. LGBT* Individuals and Dementia: An Intersectional Approach 4. Queer(y)ing Dementia: Bringing Queer Theory and Studies of Dementia into Dialogue 5. Reconceptualising Dementia: Towards a Politics of Senility Part II: Practice Introduction to Part II 6. Providing Responsive Services to LGBT* Individuals with Dementia 7. Person Centred Care and Cultural Safety: The Perspectives of Lesbian, Gay and Trans (LGT*) People and their Partners on Living with Dementia 8. Trans* People Anticipating Dementia Care: Findings from the Transgender MetLife Survey 9. Dementia Care and Trans* People: Practice Implications 10. Looking Back Whilst Moving Forward: LGBT* Carers’ Perspectives 11. One Day Training Courses on LGBT* Awareness: Are they the Answer? Part III: Rights Introduction to Part III 12. LGBT* Individuals Living with Dementia: Rights and Capacity Issues in the United States 13. Needs and Rights of Carers of LGBT* Individuals with Dementia: A Personal Journey 14. Navigating Stormy Waters: Consent, Sexuality and Dementia in Care Environments in Wales 15. To equality – and beyond? Queer reflections on an emerging rights-based approach to dementia in Scotland
About the author
Sue Westwood is a socio-legal and gerontology scholar. She is a researcher at University of Oxford, Honorary Research Fellow at the Centre for Research on Ageing and Gender, University of Surrey and teaches Law at Coventry University. Sue previously managed a dementia adviser service for a UK charity.
Elizabeth Price is Senior Lecturer in Social Work at the University of Hull, UK. She is a registered social worker and her research interests currently include the lived experience of chronic illness, sexualities and dementia, and the use of music as a therapeutic intervention.
