Commentary on contemporary issues surrounding Dementia, from the School of Dementia Studies, University of Bradford
Gail Mountain is Professor of Applied Dementia Research within the School of Dementia Studies and Associate Dean for Research in the Faculty of Health Sciences. Gail is also an occupational…
Catherine Powell is a Research Fellow at the School of Dementia Studies. Catherine is currently working on the National Institute for Health Research funded ‘Better Health in Residents in Care Homes…
Kathryn Lord is a Research Fellow at the School of Dementia studies and is currently funded as part of our programme of work to improve transitions in dementia care. She…
Research in palliative and end of life care is lacking. Less than 1% of the £500 million in research funding that was coordinated by the National Cancer Research Institute (NCRI)…
The Prime Minister’s Challenge on Dementia aimed to change common misconceptions about dementia and to make dementia care more person-centred. However, social exclusion remains a common problem, particularly for people…
Everyone knows someone who provides care for an ill or disabled family member or friend. Many might be carers themselves. Indeed, carers are a vital aspect of all social care…
When you log on to the Home page of Wendy Mitchell’s blog about her life with young onset dementia, underneath a picture of her smiling, you read: ‘I’m 59 years…
What is heteronormativity? Heteronormativity (Warner, 1991) is a concept that was developed from within the overlapping fields of feminist theory, gender, and queer studies. It attempts to describe the way…