Dementia and Human Rights / / Suzanne Cahill.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Bristol UP/Policy Press Complete eBook-Package 2018
• VerfasserIn: Cahill, Suzanne,
• MitwirkendeR: Flynn, Eilionóir,
• Place / Publishing House: Bristol : : Policy Press, , [2018]; ©2018
• Year of Publication: 2018
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (252 p.) :; 3 Black and White

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.

Table of Contents

Front Matter -- Contents -- List of tables and figures -- Acknowledgements -- Foreword -- A conceptual framework -- An introduction to human rights and dementia -- Dementia as a disability -- Setting the context: The UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities -- Using a human rights lens to interrogate policy and practice -- 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: a human rights approach -- Conclusions: grounds for hope -- References -- Index