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This book provides a comprehensive and critical overview of the best available evidence from the viewpoint of those living with dementia, and in the context of global policy drivers on ageing and health, as well as technological advances.
List of contents
List of figures; List of tables; Foreword - a poem; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1: Introduction;
Part One: Understanding Life at Home; Chapter 2: Citizenships: The diversity of people living at home; Chapter 3: Enabling life at home; Chapter 4: Rethinking self-management and dementia;
Part Two: Towards Social Justice; Chapter 5: Ethics and care for people with a dementia at home; Chapter 6: Technological enhanced care and citizenship; Chapter 7: Sharing responsibilities; Chapter 8: Care Manifesto; Index
About the author
Ruth Bartlett is an Associate Professor in the School of Health Sciences, University of Southampton, UK, and Director of the University's Dementia Care Doctoral Training Centre. Ruth's research interests are cross-disciplinary and related to people with a dementia, health activism, ageing and participatory research methods, including diary method. Ruth has published academic work and led social research studies in these areas, including most recently a project funded by the Alzheimer's Society on the use of GPS location technologies by people with a dementia and their families.
Tula Brannelly is a Lecturer in the School of Health and Social Sciences at Bournemouth University, UK. Tula has a longstanding interest in the experiences of people with a dementia, and has spent many years in research, education and practice. Tula's interest is in the impacts of health and social policy and is informed by an ethics of care. Tula is interested to understand more about how citizenship and care are facilitated with people with a dementia.
Summary
This book provides a comprehensive and critical overview of the best available evidence from the viewpoint of those living with dementia, and in the context of global policy drivers on ageing and health, as well as technological advances.
