Managing dementia in a multicultural society
By: Sube Banerjee and Vanessa Lawrence.
Contributors: Lawrence, Vanessa.
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Chichester, West Sussex; Hoboken, NJ
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780470723531
Subjects: Dementia -- Great Britain; Transcultural medical care -- Great Britain; Dementia -- therapy -- Great Britain; Cultural Competency -- Great Britain; Cultural Diversity -- Great Britain; Dementia -- ethnology -- Great Britain; Health Policy -- Great Britain
Description: "Alzheimer's disease is an ever-more important problem in today's society; however, many services for people with dementia remain inappropriate and inaccessible. With a growing and aging immigrant population, the need to be able to provide appropriate care for ethnic minority patients is increasing.In this exciting handbook, the authors explore the clinical, management and cultural issues faced by clinicians caring for patients with Alzheimer's disease. The book addresses the particular problems that may arise when managing patients within a multiracial society, and emphasizes the practical aspects of treating and caring for patients with Alzheimer's disease"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: (Publisher-supplied data)  1 Dementia - a brief overview   What is dementia?   Historical development of terms   Scientific terminology and understandings   Subtypes of dementia   Alzheimer's disease   Vascular Dementia   Dementia with Lewy Bodies   Frontotemporal dementia   Clinical presentation of dementia     2 The current state of dementia care in the UK   Dementia - an emerging priority   The policy framework   The National Dementia Strategy for England     3 Why a cultural perspective?   Race, ethnicity and culture   Black Caribbean and south Asian populations in the UK   Structure of Black Caribbean and south Asian populations in the UK   Epidemiology     4 Health benefits, culture and service use   The role of health beliefs and illness behaviour   Social and cultural influences on the pathway to care   Cultural differences in health beliefs     5 Whose illness is it anyway?   Society - policy in relation to ethnicity and culture   Use of services   The experience of the person with dementia   The care giver experience     6 The perspective of the person with dementia   A neglected perspective   Self-identity in dementia Impact of dementia on the sense of self of the person with dementia   Coping strategies and adaptation   Attitudes towards care; title: 7 The perspective of the family carers of people with dementia   Patterns of care giving   The impact of care giving   The stress process   Ethnicity and culture and the stress process   Appropriateness of services   Understanding of dementia across ethnic groups   Cultural knowledge, attitudes and beliefs about formal support     8 Qualitative enquiry in the experience of people with dementia and their family carers   New research   Data collection   Data analysis   Results   One research project, two theories   Biographical disruption: a common theme   An anthropological perspective     9 Implications for practice and policy   People with dementia   Increased public awareness of dementia   Increased public awareness of services and support   Supporting people with dementia and carers in access of services   Discussing the diagnosis   Discussing the future   Promoting valued elements of life of the person with dementia   Repositioning the care giver role     10 One size fails all - dementia, age discrimination and specialist older people's mental health services   What does good look like?   Age discrimination in service conditioning?   Why consider older adults separately from adults of working age?   Policy development for older people with mental disorders   Liaison services in general hospitals   In-patient care for older people with mental disorders