Living With Dementia (eBook, PDF)

Relations, Responses and Agency in Everyday Life
Redaktion: Hydén, Lars-Christer; Antelius, Eleonor

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Living With Dementia challenges how we currently think about and understand dementia. Rather than viewing people with dementia as passive receivers of care, it provides a welcome focus on their own agency, how they can live as active members of their community and enjoy life.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks UK
• Seitenzahl: 192
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. September 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781137593757
• Artikelnr.: 62744425

Autorenporträt

Lars-Christer Hydén is Professor of Social Psychology and Director of the Center for Dementia Research (CEDER) at Linköping University, Sweden. Eleonor Antelius is a lecturer in the Department of Social and Welfare Studies and Senior Researcher and Assistant Director of the Center for Dementia Research (CEDER) at Linköping University, Sweden.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction: from empty vessel to active agents Lars-Christer Hydén & Eleonor Antelius.- 2. Towards a Phenomenological Conception of the Subjectivity of Dementia Lisa Folkmarson Käll.- 3. Dementia in the Age of Migration: cross-cultural perspectives Eleonor Antelius.- 4. Citizenship-in-and-as-Practice: a framework for improving life with dementia Ann-Charlotte Nedlund & Ruth Bartlett.- 5. Pathways within Dementia Diagnosis Charlotta Plejert, Danielle Jones & Elizabeth Peel.- 6. Communication and Collaboration in Dementia Anna Ekström, Camilla Lindholm, Ali Reza Majlesi & Christina Samuelsson.- 7. Storytelling in Dementia: collaboration and common ground Lars-Christer Hydén .- 8. Dementia as a Chronic Illness: maintaining involvement in everyday life Ingrid Hellström & Annika Taghizadeh Larsson.- 9. 'Home is Somewhere In-Between Passage': the stories of relocation to a residential home by persons with dementia Parvin Poormamali.- 10. Self-help, Mutual Support and Advocacy: peers getting together Linda Örulv.

Rezensionen

"This excellent book focuses on helping healthcare professionals provide a meaningful quality of life for persons with dementia. Family caregivers also would find the book of ... . This is a collection of significant topics for dementia care practitioners. The book provides case studies, discussions, and a new perspective for anyone interested in dementia care. The approach the book takes to this multidimensional illness is eye-opening and beneficial for anyone caring for a person with dementia." (Carolyn N. Martin, Doody's Book Reviews, February, 2018)