Description
Creating dementia-friendly communities can give people with dementia the chance to continue meaningful lives with reciprocal personal relationships. Underpinning successful dementia-friendly communities is an awareness of people with dementia as active citizens and the importance of supporting engagement in community life.
This book offers an overview of the dementia-friendly communities movement, showing the many benefits of this approach. It describes community initiatives from across the globe, such as Dementia Friends, memory cafes, and creative engagement with the arts through organizations like TimeSlips. This compassionate book tells another story about dementia, away from negative stereotypes. This alternative approach claims people can retain a sense of dignity, hold onto hope, sustain meaningful relationships, and live with a sense of purpose with support from their communities.
How dementia-friendly communities help people with dementia to thrive, shown through successful examples of this person-centred ethos
Reviews
With her deep empathy, humor and vast knowledge, Susan McFadden and the people living with dementia whose words she spotlights, explore the real losses of dementia while showing that grit, spirit and personhood endure - and why our communities can make all the difference. -- Beth Soltzberg, MSW, MBA Founder/Director, Alzheimer's/Related Disorders Family Support Program Jewish Family & Children's Service
Book Information
ISBN 9781785928161
Author Susan McFadden
Format Paperback
Page Count 240
Imprint Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Publisher Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Weight(grams) 340g
Dimensions(mm) 226mm * 152mm * 16mm
