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Dementia and place : practices, experiences and connections /
Giving voice to the lived experiences of people with dementia across the globe, this text highlights the challenges presented as dementia care shifts to a community setting. Contributors address the social aspects of environment and, using a unique 'neighbourhood-centred' perspective, prov...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Bristol :
Policy Press,
2021.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front Cover
- Dementia and Place: Practices, Experiences and Connections
- Copyright information
- Dedication
- Epigraph
- Table of contents
- List of figures and tables
- Notes on contributors
- Acknowledgements
- 1 Introduction: Placing dementia
- Place through the lens of dementia
- Symptomology and epidemiology
- Place and therapeutic design
- Place and human rights
- Place as embodied and relational
- The what and why of neighbourhoods in a dementia context
- A neighbourhood-centred perspective: emerging plotlines for policy and practice
- Recognising the social contribution of people with dementia
- Introduction to the chapters
- References
- 2 Understanding the meaning of neighbourhoods for people living with dementia
- Introduction
- How are neighbourhoods understood in the dementia literature?
- Research design
- Findings
- Support nearby
- Connecting as belonging
- Neighbourhoods as relational places
- Conclusion
- Acknowledgements
- References
- 3 Moving house with dementia
- 4 How do people with dementia manage problematic situations in public spaces?
- Introduction
- The complex relationship between person, activity and public space
- The importance of having access to places and everyday activities in public space for people with dementia
- Problematic situations in public space
- Vulnerability and the feeling of being exposed in public space
- Clutter and crowding
- Layout variations
- Unpredictable changes
- Actions used to maintain access to everyday activities in public space
- Use of familiar activities in familiar spaces and places
- Avoiding situations leading to new problematic situations
- Use of time
- Getting help from people
- An infinite, unstable and challenging process of meeting problematic situations
- Conclusion
- References
- 5 Making and maintaining neighbourhood connections when living alone with dementia
- Introduction
- Background
- Neighbourhoods, ageing and dementia
- Methods
- Walking interviews, social network mapping, home tours and semi-structured interviews
- Recruitment
- The neighbourhood experiences of people living alone with dementia
- Working hard to stay connected
- Befriending by organisations and facilitated friendship
- The quiet neighbourhood atmosphere
- Changing social connections
- Conclusion
- References
- 6 My neighbourhood, my future ...?
- 7 Enabling the neighbourhood: a case for rethinking dementia- friendly communities
- Introduction
- From 'dementia friendly communities' to 'enabling neighbourhoods'
- Project overview
- Research design
- Recruitment and data collection
- Findings
- Keeping safe
- Self-care and the comfort of place
- Holding on to the familiar
- Influencing change
- Discussion: assembling the neighbourhood
- Conclusion
- References