Background and Aims Sensitivity to the rights of people with dementia is a key principle cited
in the World Health Organisation's global action plan on dementia. Some critics question …

Abstract The UN Convention of Rights of Persons with Disabilities has provided a strong
foundation for asserting a rights-based approach to practice for people with disabilities but …

People experience dementia in different ways, not just in terms of the type and severity of
symptoms, but also in terms of how they react to and manage living with dementia …

Background Most people living with dementia want to remain in their own homes, supported
by family and paid carers. Care at home often breaks down, necessitating transition to a care …

Utilising a citizenship perspective in order to study and problematise situations for people
living with dementia has received increasing attention during the last decade. A significant …

In the late stages of dementia, individuals rely on others for their wellbeing and this creates
an ethical imperative for responsive dementia care. Through a qualitative evidence …

Research into the health and social aspects of dementia is increasing as the number of
people with dementia in the UK continues to rise. As the predominant medical discourses …

Supported decision-making has been promoted at a policy level and within international
human rights treaties as a way of ensuring that people with disabilities enjoy the right to …

Background The provision of supported decision-making for people living with disabilities is
an emerging area of practice and rights-based law reform, and is required under …

Research in dementia has moved beyond the question of how, why and should people with
dementia be participants, to the question of how to collaborate with people with dementia in …