Vanessa Lawrence (Institute of Psychiatry A the David Goldberg Centre London A uk)
This book explores the subjective reality of living with dementia and caring for a person with dementia within multicultural Britain. Sixty two in-depth interviews investigate the diversity of experiences of black Caribbean, south Asian and white British people with dementia and their carers. People with dementia were found to engage in a process of appraisal in which they assessed the threat that dementia related changes held for their lives. Cultural values and beliefs were influential at each stage in this process. Carers were categorised as holding either a traditional or...
This book explores the subjective reality of living with dementia and caring for a person with dementia within multicultural Britain. Sixty two in-de...