On this carers rights day, I thought it would be useful to reflect on some of the key arguments in my recently published book, Duties to Care: Dementia, Relationality and Law. This book, which is the latest publication founded on data collected from the dementia project Duties to Care research,…
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Spreading the word: Speech and language therapy for people with dementia
Posted in Care, Communication, and Speech and Language Therapy
Guest blogger Anna Volkmer writes about speech and language therapy for people with dementia. You can follow Anna on @volkmer_anna We are well aware that the number of people living with dementia is increasing at an exponential rate, and will continue to do so for some years to come (DoH,…
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Why Register a Lasting Power of Attorney?
Posted in Care, Court of Protection, and Legal issues
Prof Rosie Harding blogs about legal aspects of living with dementia. One of the findings from the Duties to Care dementia project was that carers would like access to better advice, earlier, about the legal and financial aspects of caring for a person with dementia. The legal and financial aspects…
Diagnosis: Let’s look at what happens in practice
Posted in Dementia Awareness Week, Diagnosis, and Research
Getting a diagnosis of a dementia can be a very complicated process. It not only involves the patient themselves, but family members or friends, a number of different health professionals, and various assessments and medical tests. If a person is experiencing symptoms of a less common form of dementia, is…
Last month the National Care Forum published a welcome good practice paper focusing on dementia care and LGBT communities. It includes discussion of the ‘Over the Rainbow’ project that I did last year with some support from DEEP, The Dementia Engagement and Empowerment Project. The National Care Forum’s paper offers…
Caring for Mum or Dad – what can be the impact on families?
Posted in Care, Family, and Publications
Caring for a parent living with dementia can be a stressful thing to do. We know quite a lot about spouses or partners who are cast in a caring role because their loved one develops dementia, but we know much less about the experiences of adult children of parents with…
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Ageing and Psychology: Different perspectives come together in Seminar Series
Posted in Ageing, and Psychology
Myself, Prof Michael Murray and Dr Carol Holland ran a seminar series which ended earlier this year on the psychologies of ageing. A write up was in the April issue of The Psychologist and we are now working on a Special Issue of Working with Older People based on it.…
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Diablog Number 6: The societal treatment of people with dementia, the “bigger picture”, and research
Posted in DiaBlog with Larry
The societal treatment of people with dementia, the “bigger picture”, and research Elizabeth Peel in conversation with Larry Gardiner In the last of a series of six blog posts I talk with Larry Gardiner. Larry describes himself as a Change Agent, Co-producer, Citizen Advocate, Gentle Irritant. I interviewed Larry who…
Let’s get talking about Race and Dementia and other marginalised communities… Some thoughts about my latest publication
Posted in LGBT, Public Policy, Publications, Social Care Reform, and Support and Advocacy
I have been researching dementia care in South Asian communities in the UK since 2006. Now a Senior Lecturer in Dementia Studies I have spent the last few years developing teaching, research and networks concerning cultural competency in dementia care. Evident from my discussions with healthcare professionals, care workers, academics…
On antipsychotic use in dementia Elizabeth Peel in conversation with Larry Gardiner In the fifth of a series of six blog posts I talk with Larry Gardiner. Larry describes himself as a Change Agent, Co-producer, Citizen Advocate, Gentle Irritant. I interviewed Larry who shared with me his experiences and views…