Revolutionising dementia policy and practice Guidance from 'the memory girl', an accomplice

This chapter offers concrete guidance for students, practitioners, and policymakers wanting to embrace the diversity and complexity of persons living with dementia, and revolutionise the way we provide support and care throughout their illness experiences. I apply anti-oppression gerontology princip...

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Published inCritical Dementia Studies pp. 218 - 234
Main Author Hulko, Wendy
Format Book Chapter
LanguageEnglish
Published Routledge 2023
Edition1
Subjects
Presenile Dementia
Queer Worldmaking
Culturally Safe
Young Man
Intercultural Care
Dementia Policy
Minoritised People
Photo Elicitation
Critical Disability Studies
Dementia Studies
Dementia Context
Malignant Social Psychology
Care Home Social Worker
Critical Disability Studies Scholars
Full Time Teaching Position
Neurocognitive Disorder
Anti-oppressive Social Work
Memory Girl
Head Nurse
UN
Minority Ethnic
BSW Program
Dementia Care
Dementia Subject
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Summary:This chapter offers concrete guidance for students, practitioners, and policymakers wanting to embrace the diversity and complexity of persons living with dementia, and revolutionise the way we provide support and care throughout their illness experiences. I apply anti-oppression gerontology principles to dementia policy and practice via the medium of a counter-story of Olive, a care home resident with dementia, and Harpreet, the care home social worker. Harpreet's adoption of a more critical/radical approach to dementia over the course of the chapter - as she learns more about dementia and interacts with Olive and other residents and workers - prepares her to serve as an accomplice to persons with dementia and their families and communities seeking to shift the current social order.
ISBN:9781032118802
1032118806
9781032118833
1032118830
DOI:10.4324/9781003221982-21