Susan Mcfadden

Dementia-Friendly Communities (eBook, ePUB)

Why We Need Them and How We Can Create Them

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. November 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781785928789
• Artikelnr.: 61320744

Autorenporträt

Susan McFadden is an experienced researcher and practitioner in the field of dementia. She was formerly Professor of Psychology at the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh and has previously published Aging Together: Dementia, Friendship and Flourishing Communities (Johns Hopkins, 2011). She also co-founded Fox Valley Memory Project, whose vision is to help create dementia-friendly communities.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Part 1: Telling a New Story
1. The Current Situation
2. A Brief Introduction to Dementia
3. From Senility and Stigma to Citizenship
Part 2: Hearing Their Voices
4. People Living with Dementia Tell a New Story
5. Dementia Advocacy and Activism
Part 3: Friendship and Community Inclusion
6. Accompanying Friends Through the Journey of Dementia
7. Reimagining Community
8. Creating Dementia-Friendly and Inclusive Communities
Part 4: Creativity and the Human Spirit
9. Arts and Artists in Dementia-Friendly and Inclusive Communities
10. Spiritual Connections
Part 5: Embracing the New Story11. Sustaining Dignity, Hope, and Meaning in
the Time of Dementia