Dementia and human rights

1. Auflage 2018
ISBN: 978-1-4473-3140-7
Verlag: Policy Press

Buch, Englisch, 252 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 392 g

The time has come to further challenge biomedical and clinical thinking about dementia, which has for so long underpinned policy and practice. Framing dementia as a disability, this book takes a rights-based approach to expand the debate.

Applying a social constructionist lens, it builds on earlier critical perspectives by bringing together concepts including disability, social inclusion, personhood, equality, participation, dignity, empowerment, autonomy and solidarity. Launching the debate into new and exciting territory, the book argues that people living with dementia come within the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and therefore have full entitlement to all the rights the Convention enshrines.

A human rights-based approach has not to date been fully applied to interrogate the lived experience and policy response to dementia. With the fresh analytical tools provided in this book, policy makers and practitioners will will gain new insights into how this broader perspective can be used to further promote the quality of life and quality of care for all those affected by dementia.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Cahill, Suzanne

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Altersgruppen Alterssoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Menschenrechte, Bürgerrechte
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Arbeit/Sozialpädagogik Soziale Arbeit/Sozialpädagogik: Kranken-, Alten- und Behindertenhilfe

Inhaltsverzeichnis

An introduction to human rights and dementia

Dementia as a disability

Setting the context: The UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

The right to a good quality of life at home and in the community

The right to a good quality of life in care homes or in nursing homes

Emerging public policy on dementia: the implications of a human rights-based approach for policy and practice

Legal capacity for people with dementia

Conclusions: grounds for hope

Über Autor(innen)

Cahill, Suzanne
Suzanne Cahill has been employed as National Director of the Dementia Services Information and Development Centre based at St James’s Hospital in Ireland between 1999 and 2017. She is also an Adjunct Professor in the School of Social Work and Social Policy at Trinity College Dublin, Ireland. She has 30 years experience working in the field of ageing and dementia.