“The living death of Alzheimer”s’ versus “Take a walk to keep dementia at bay”: representations of dementia in print media and carer discourse Sociology of Health & Illness, 36 (6) (2014), pp. 885-901 CrossrefView in ScopusGoogle Scholar Schulze and Angermeyer, 2003 B. Schulze, M...
摘要: The article reports on the prevalence of dementia in Great Britain in 2012 and discusses guidelines on the treatment of dementia which were issued by Great Britain's National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence in 2010. A discussion of the aims and objectives of UK Dementia Awarene...
She wanted to go for a walk. She didn’t want to sit down with all the old people. The experience of witnessing her mother being Seen Past Diagnosis was also constructed, within her telling, as a marker of good examples of support. Mum could be whoever she was that day and you didn...
The Allied Health Professionals Dementia Network for Wales, provided an opportunity for 5 professionals across Wales to attend a CPD opportunity in Scotland in November 2023:Rehabilitation for people living with Dementia: Promoting an AHP Human-Rights-Based approach.This opportunity provided successful app...
"He was always an active bloke, he was always doing something, he used to walk into town, he would cycle, he was always doing something, so to then be in a tiny room, just sat in silence, it's horrible to think about." Their relative was eventually moved to another home, w...
This essay explores the kind of cultural and ideological work effected by the concept of dementia in contemporary popular culture in the global north through a critical reading of three ‘genre’ texts: Renny Harlin’s action movie meets sci-fi, Deep Blu
Help with toilet usage. However it may be hard, you have to be understanding that there is nothing you can do and it is not the person’s fault. You can make the sign on the toilet door, or simply leave the door open and keep the light on, especially at night. Try to walk a lo...
His balance became worse and his ability to walk got worse. Exactly what I was afraid would happen. So, it was not long before he was in a wheelchair. [14: Wife, AD] Being Solely Responsible Family members described how they carried multiple responsibilities alone. They described how their...
(Western Psychological Services, Los Angeles, CA) with their index finger as quickly as possible for 10 s. Two trials were performed for each hand. The four trials were averaged together to yield a tapping score. To evaluate gait, we asked people to walk eight feet and turn 360° and ...
And when you walk onto the sections up there, it is a prison. I mean, it must be so confusing, and you can see how scared some of them are. And you feel for the staff up on the halls because they don’t have the training, and they are trying their best, the hall staff up ...