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What is dementia? How should we organize dementia care? This comprehensive book critically examines the main approaches to understanding dementia—bio-medical, social-psychological, and socio-gerontological—and the main principles and ideologies of care.Key FeaturesProvides clarity on the gap between the utopian aspirations of care and the reality of care Opens up a series of questions about knowledge and treatment of dementiaArgues for a transition from positions that place emphasis upon the individual or particular care services to the social, cultural, and economic context
Researching Dementia and Dementia Care: Implications of the Generation of Research Knowledge for Policy, Practice and Approaches to Research
Researching Dementia and Dementia Care: Implications of the Generation of Research Knowledge for Policy, Practice and Approaches to Research
Chapter Summary
- Dementia studies has emerged as a field of study cross-cutting academic and professional disciplines and boundaries. This is evident in the range of ‘topics’ dementia studies encompasses as well as the various approaches to the study of dementia. In trying to observe trends in the topics of social research on dementia it can be seen that the early concerns of researchers were with the experiences of family caregivers. In addition, but to a more limited extent, the role of professional carers was also explored, with unqualified direct ...
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