Overview

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.

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9781780460826

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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

Author Information

Ann-Charlotte Nedlund, senior lecturer of Politics and Policy Analysis in Aging and Later Life, Linköping 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.

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