Dementia-Friendly Communities (eBook)

Why We Need Them and How We Can Create Them

Susan McFadden (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2020
240 Seiten
Jessica Kingsley Publishers (Verlag)
978-1-78592-878-9 (ISBN)

Infos

Creating dementia-friendly communities can give people with dementia the chance to continue meaningful lives with reciprocal personal relationships. Underpinning successful dementia-friendly communities is an awareness of people with dementia as active citizens and the importance of supporting engagement in community life. This book offers an overview of the dementia-friendly communities movement, showing the many benefits of this approach. It describes community initiatives from across the globe, such as Dementia Friends, memory cafes, and creative engagement with the arts through organizations like TimeSlips. This compassionate book tells another story about dementia, away from negative stereotypes. This alternative approach claims people can retain a sense of dignity, hold onto hope, sustain meaningful relationships, and live with a sense of purpose with support from their communities.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 19.11.2020
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Krankheiten / Heilverfahren
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Geriatrie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Sozialpädagogik
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
• Schlagworte: Activities • Alzheimer’s • Assistive Technology • Care Home • care staff • Citizenship • cognitive decline • Community life • Dementia Care • dementia-friendly communities • hearing loss • living well • nursing • Personalisation • person-centred care • Residential Care • Speech and Language
• ISBN-10: 1-78592-878-3 / 1785928783
• ISBN-13: 978-1-78592-878-9 / 9781785928789