Human Rights in Dementia Care

Talk of human rights can soon become vacuous. This book gives authoritative, practical and humane substance to the patent truth that people living with dementia should expect to be treated in ways that are compatible with their basic human rights. – Julian C. Hughes, Honorary Professor, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, UKA compelling guide to working with families affected by dementia through a human rights lens with a focus on individual care settings and key points in the dementia journey. The chapter format enables the application of human rights to better inform practice, for example, ‘food for thought’ to provoke reflection on practice and prompt further thinking. – Karen Harrison Dening, Head of Research and Publications at Dementia UK

Suzanne Cahill is Adjunct Professor of Social Work and Social Policy Trinity College Dublin, Honorary Professor of Dementia Care, NUI Galway, Affiliated Professor of Health and Welfare, Jonkoping University, Sweden.

Fiona Kelly is a former lecturer in nursing at Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh. Her own practice, teaching and research are informed by human rights.

Helen Rochford-Brennan is a Global Dementia Ambassador, Vice Chair of the Irish Dementia Working Group, former Chairperson of the European Working Group of People with Dementia and its nominee to the Board of Alzheimer Europe.