Full Description
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.
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 Norrköping municipality (Ann-Charlotte Nedlund, Elzana Odzakovic, Ingrid Hellström 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.
