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Living With Dementia: Relations, Responses and Agency in Everyday Life
Lars-Christer Hyden (Ed.)
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Description for Living With Dementia: Relations, Responses and Agency in Everyday Life
Paperback. 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. Editor(s): Hyden, Lars-Christer. Num Pages: 277 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JKSN; MQCL4. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155. .
Traditionally, dementia has been defined primarily in terms of loss: loss of cognitive and communicative competencies, loss of identity, loss of personal relationships. People living with dementia have been portrayed as increasingly dependent on others, with their loved ones seen more as care givers than as spouses, children and relatives. However, in the last two decades this view of the person living with dementia as an `empty vessel' has been increasingly challenged, and the focus has shifted from one of care to one of helping people to live with dementia. With contributions from an international range of ... Read more
Traditionally, dementia has been defined primarily in terms of loss: loss of cognitive and communicative competencies, loss of identity, loss of personal relationships. People living with dementia have been portrayed as increasingly dependent on others, with their loved ones seen more as care givers than as spouses, children and relatives. However, in the last two decades this view of the person living with dementia as an `empty vessel' has been increasingly challenged, and the focus has shifted from one of care to one of helping people to live with dementia. With contributions from an international range of ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Macmillan Education UK
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Weight
28g
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137593740
SKU
V9781137593740
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Ref
99-5
About Lars-Christer Hyden (Ed.)
Lars-Christer Hyden is Professor of Social Psychology and Director of the Center for Dementia Research (CEDER) at Linkoeping 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 Linkoeping University, Sweden.
Reviews for Living With Dementia: Relations, Responses and Agency in Everyday Life
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 ... Read more