Yes / The way we perceive and portray dementia has implications for how we act towards people with
dementia and how we address the issue of dementia within society. As a multi-disciplinary
working group, established within the framework of the European Dementia Ethics Network
of Alzheimer Europe, we aimed to describe the different ways that people with dementia are
perceived and portrayed within society and to consider the moral implications of this. In the
current paper, we address perceptions of dementia as reflected in explanatory models of its cause
and nature, descriptions of characteristics of people with dementia, the use of language, media
portrayals and the views of people living with dementia. Academics and professionals could use
this exploration to reflect on their behaviour and their use of language regarding people
with dementia / The taskforce’s work arises from the 2013 Work Plan of Alzheimer Europe, which received funding from the European Union in the framework of the Health Programme.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:BRADFORD/oai:bradscholars.brad.ac.uk:10454/8621 |
| Date | 22 April 2016 |
| Creators | Gerritsen, D.L., Oyebode, Jan, Gove, Dianne M. |
| Source Sets | Bradford Scholars |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Article, Accepted manuscript |
| Rights | The final, definitive version of this paper has been published in Dementia: The International Journal of Social Research and Practice by SAGE Publications Ltd, All rights reserved. © 2016 SAGE Publications Ltd. |
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