Assets-based approaches and dementia-friendly communities

Rahman, Shibley; Swaffer, Kate

doi:10.1177/1471301217751533

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“…With assets-based approaches that PWD and their relatives enable a health-promoting and health protecting environment WHO and PWD themselves believe that dementia-friendly community can be accessible and inclusive for people with cognitive disabilities, not only friendly [2,42].…”

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confidence: 99%

Cornerstones of Support for People with Dementia: Influence on Public Awareness in Rural Slovenian Region

Felc¹,

Andrej²,

Felc³

et al. 2019

Int J Psychiatr Res

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Introduction: Awareness and knowledge of the effectiveness of four supporting cornerstones (SC) (i.e. people, place, network, resources) for people with dementia (PWD) in rural region have not yet been well analysed. The purpose of the research was to collect data about general population's dementia-related knowledge and about the support for PWD according to the SC. Methods: The research was done using a questionnaire evaluating dementia-related knowledge thereby comparing different groups of respondents, established on the basis of demographical parameters and, respectively, parameters, evaluating SC for PWD in the environment, as expressed by the respondents. For analysing statistically significant differences between groups, we used ANOVA, T-test and Spearman's correlation coefficient. Results: The test's average estimate of dementia-related knowledge was high (9,23 out of 12). The performed statistical analyses demonstrated no statistically significant differences in dementia-related knowledge among the compared groups, the only two exceptions being between respondents with different degrees of education and between the groups with different evaluations for levels of information support in their environment. While the first

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Cornerstones of Support for People with Dementia: Influence on Public Awareness in Rural Slovenian Region

Felc¹,

Andrej²,

Felc³

et al. 2019

Int J Psychiatr Res

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“…Other literature has offered diverse definitions of dementiafriendly communities, drawing on both the personhood (i.e. psycho-social) approach and the rights-based approach to dementia and arguing for an empowering social environment (Lin & Lewis, 2015;Odzakovic & Kullberg, 2016;Swaffer, 2014;Ward et al, 2018;Wiersma & Denton, 2016), awareness-raising interventions (Alden, Wigfield, Krispeter, & Karania, 2019;Baker et al, 2018;Cashin, Daley, Hebditch, Hughes, & Banerjee, 2019;Ebert, Kulibert, & McFadden, 2019;Innes, Page, & Cutler, 2015;Phillipson et al, 2018), promoting independence (Bartlett, 2016;Rahman & Swaffer, 2018) and human rights (Charras, Eynard, & Viatour, 2016;Rahman & Swaffer, 2018;Swaffer, 2015). Along with this knowledge, the existing literature argues that the implementation of dementiafriendly communities could support recognition of dementia as a public health matter in a widespread societal acknowledgement corresponding to the wishes and assets of people living with dementia (Alzheimer´s Disease International, 2016; Courtney-Pratt, Mathison, Doherty, 2018).…”

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Neighbourhood nursing : connection, place and meaning in the everyday experience of dementia

Odzakovic

2020

Linköping University Medical Dissertations

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“…With the development of inclusive dementia-friendly communities that have the potential to empower people with dementia, it is important to better understand what strategies make dementia-friendly and inclusive communities effective ( Heward et al, 2017 ; Phillipson et al, 2016 ). There has been a shift toward using an asset-based approach to include the voices of people with dementia in building dementia-friendly communities ( Rahman & Swaffer, 2018 ). “Nothing about us without us” is a phrase borrowed from the disability movement which has been frequently expressed by people with dementia in public campaigns ( Wolfe, 2017 ).…”

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Creating Dementia-Friendly Communities for Social Inclusion: A Scoping Review

Hung

Hudson

Gregorio

et al. 2021

Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine

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Aims: This scoping review explores key strategies of creating inclusive dementia-friendly communities that support people with dementia and their informal caregiver. Background: Social exclusion is commonly reported by people with dementia. Dementia-friendly community has emerged as an idea with potential to contribute to cultivating social inclusion. Methods: This scoping review follows the Joanna Briggs Institute scoping review methodology and took place between April and September 2020. The review included a three-step search strategy: (1) identifying keywords from CINAHL and AgeLine; (2) conducting a second search using all identified keywords and index terms across selected databases (CINAHL, AgeLine, MEDLINE, PsycINFO, Web of Science, ProQuest, and Google); and (3) hand-searching the reference lists of all included articles and reports for additional studies. Results: Twenty-nine papers were included in the review. Content analysis identified strategies for creating dementia-friendly communities: (a) active involvement of people with dementia and caregivers (b) inclusive environmental design; (c) public education to reduce stigma and raise awareness; and (d) customized strategies informed by theory. Conclusion: This scoping review provides an overview of current evidence on strategies supporting dementia-friendly communities for social inclusion. Future efforts should apply implementation science theories to inform strategies for education, practice, policy and future research.

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Assets-based approaches and dementia-friendly communities

Cited by 42 publications

References 21 publications

Cornerstones of Support for People with Dementia: Influence on Public Awareness in Rural Slovenian Region

Cornerstones of Support for People with Dementia: Influence on Public Awareness in Rural Slovenian Region

Neighbourhood nursing : connection, place and meaning in the everyday experience of dementia

Creating Dementia-Friendly Communities for Social Inclusion: A Scoping Review

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