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Everyday Citizenship and People with Dementia Nedlund, Ann-Charlotte

Everyday Citizenship and People with Dementia By Nedlund, Ann-Charlotte

Everyday Citizenship and People with Dementia by Nedlund, Ann-Charlotte


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An edited volume discussing the underpinning concepts of citizenship, agency, and participation in the context of the everyday lives of people living with a dementia. The editors explain the theoretical underpinning of citizenship before the contributors show the way it can broaden the everyday lives of people with dementia.

Everyday Citizenship and People with Dementia Summary

Everyday Citizenship and People with Dementia by Nedlund, Ann-Charlotte

Everyday Citizenship and People with Dementia prioritises the ordinary lives of people with dementia, and thereby broadens the agenda towards everyday citizenship. The contributors bring to the fore the idea that a person living with dementia has multiple opinions, identities and a stake in society.


The notion of everyday citizenship is used to shift the focus away from care settings and diagnostic and post-diagnostic support - all of which are important, of course - to the 'normal' everyday routines and settings of a person's life. The notion of citizenship is mobilised within a range of contexts from dealing with the welfare system to living and being a part of a neighbourhood. Each chapter focuses on everyday citizenship from the perspective of people living with dementia and shows how citizenship is a necessity for a vibrant, inclusive society. The discussion is informed by empirically based work and authored by experts from different parts of the world, including Canadian and Scots citizens who are living with dementia. The stress, throughout the book, is that the everyday and mundane is not only important in a practical sense but also in a political one. The book is thus for all interested in current debates about equality and the rights of people with dementia.

Everyday Citizenship and People with Dementia Reviews

'This small book claims that individuals with dementia have a right to experience 'everyday citizenship'. By drawing on evidence from informal collaboration with individuals who have dementia, the book's arguments achieve a powerful authenticity. Reading the book helped me to realise that I had unwittingly fallen into the trap of viewing dementia as a disease that causes a swift and sudden end to individual capabilities. The book helped me to think again, and to acknowledge that dementia is a progressive disease. Individuals who receive a dementia diagnosis may retain considerable mental capability for a number of years after their diagnoses; therefore social workers need to respect their personhood and right to everyday citizenship. The book provides a good, easily graspable tool for acquiring increased understanding of dementia and developing practice that promotes inclusion as part of citizenship.'

European Journal of Social Work

About Nedlund, Ann-Charlotte

Ann-Charlotte Nedlund, senior lecturer of Politics and Policy Analysis in Aging and Later Life, Linkoeping University; Ruth Bartlett, Associate Professor, Complex Care in Older People, University of Southampton; and Charlotte L. Clarke, Executive Dean, Faculty of Social Science and Health, Durham University.

Table of Contents

Editor biographies. Preface. 1. Everyday Citizenship: A way to broaden our view of life with dementia (Ann-Charlotte Nedlund, Ruth Bartlett and Charlotte L. Clarke): 2. Recognition Reconsidered: It is about time (Karen Barrie); 3. A Social Citizenship Lens to Describe One Person's Experience of Living with Dementia in Scotland (James McKillop and Fiona Kelly); 4. Sharing and Acknowledging Snapshots of Everyday Citizenship: Experiences from a Swedish dementia-friendly initiative in Norrkoeping municipality (Ann-Charlotte Nedlund, Elzana Odzakovic, Ingrid Hellstroem and Agneta Kullberg); 5. Art as the Great Equaliser: Everyday citizenship and participation in an art programme for people with dementia (Elaine C. Wiersma, Jim Berry, Jane Glover and Colleen Vogt); 6. The Price of Citizenship: The costs and benefits of activism as a route to everyday citizenship (Heather Wilkinson, Agnes Houston, James McKillop and Liz Taylor); 7. The Meaning of 'Collaboration': A candid conversation between a researcher and a dementia advocate (Deborah O'Connor and Jim Mann); 8. Recognising Everyday Citizenship and Dementia: What is known and what more needs to be done (Ann-Charlotte Nedlund, Ruth Bartlett and Charlotte L. Clarke). References. Index.

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GOR013566115
9781780460826
1780460821
Everyday Citizenship and People with Dementia by Nedlund, Ann-Charlotte
Used - Like New
Paperback
Dunedin Academic Press
2019-10-24
117
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