Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Trans* Individuals Living with Dementia: Concepts, Practice and Rights / Edition 1

by Sue Westwood, Elizabeth Price

Overview

This groundbreaking collection is the first to focus specifically on LGBT* people and dementia. It brings together original chapters from leading academics, practitioners and LGBT* individuals affected by dementia. Multi-disciplinary and international in scope, it includes authors from the UK, USA, Canada and Australia and from a range of fields, including sociology, social work, psychology, health care and socio-legal studies.

Taking an intersectional approach – i.e. considering the plurality of experiences and the multiple, interacting relational positions of everyday life – LGBT Individuals Living with Dementia addresses topics relating to concepts, practice and rights. Part One addresses theoretical and conceptual questions; Part Two discusses practical concerns in the delivery of health and social care provision to LGBT* people living with dementia; and Part Three explores socio-legal issues relating to LGBT* people living with dementia.

This collection will appeal to policy makers, commissioners, practitioners, academics and students across a range of disciplines. With an ageing and increasingly diverse population, and growing numbers of people affected by dementia, this book will become essential reading for anyone interested in understanding the needs of, and providing appropriate services to, LGBT* people affected by dementia.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781138840690
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	04/29/2016
Series:	Routledge Advances in Sociology
Pages:	260
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

About the Author

Sue Westwood is a socio-legal and gerontology scholar. She is a researcher at University of Oxford, Honorary Research Fellow at the Centre for Research on Ageing and Gender, University of Surrey and teaches Law at Coventry University. Sue previously managed a dementia adviser service for a UK charity.

Elizabeth Price is Senior Lecturer in Social Work at the University of Hull, UK. She is a registered social worker and her research interests currently include the lived experience of chronic illness, sexualities and dementia, and the use of music as a therapeutic intervention.

Table of Contents

Foreword 1. Introduction Part I: Concepts Introduction to Part I 2. Gender, Sexuality, Gender Identity and Dementia: (In)Equality Issues 3. LGBT* Individuals and Dementia: An Intersectional Approach 4. Queer(y)ing Dementia: Bringing Queer Theory and Studies of Dementia into Dialogue 5. Reconceptualising Dementia: Towards a Politics of Senility Part II: Practice Introduction to Part II 6. Providing Responsive Services to LGBT* Individuals with Dementia 7. Person Centred Care and Cultural Safety: The Perspectives of Lesbian, Gay and Trans (LGT*) People and their Partners on Living with Dementia 8. Trans* People Anticipating Dementia Care: Findings from the Transgender MetLife Survey 9. Dementia Care and Trans* People: Practice Implications 10. Looking Back Whilst Moving Forward: LGBT* Carers’ Perspectives 11. One Day Training Courses on LGBT* Awareness: Are they the Answer? Part III: Rights Introduction to Part III 12. LGBT* Individuals Living with Dementia: Rights and Capacity Issues in the United States 13. Needs and Rights of Carers of LGBT* Individuals with Dementia: A Personal Journey 14. Navigating Stormy Waters: Consent, Sexuality and Dementia in Care Environments in Wales 15. To equality – and beyond? Queer reflections on an emerging rights-based approach to dementia in Scotland