Human Rights in Dementia Care

Suzanne Cahill is Adjunct Professor of Social Work and Social Policy Trinity College Dublin, Honorary Professor of Dementia Care, NUI Galway, Affiliated Professor of Health and Welfare, Jonkoping University, Sweden.Fiona Kelly is a former lecturer in nursing at Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh. Her own practice, teaching and research are informed by human rights.Helen Rochford-Brennan is a Global Dementia Ambassador, Vice Chair of the Irish Dementia Working Group, former Chairperson of the European Working Group of People with Dementia and its nominee to the Board of Alzheimer Europe.

Gives authoritative, practical and humane substance to the patent truth that people living with dementia should expect to be treated in ways that are compatible with their basic human rights.

• Preface: A Human Rights-based Approach to Assessment and Diagnosis Chapter 1. Introduction Chapter 2. A human rights-based approach to diagnosis and its disclosure Chapter 3: Rights to live well with dementia at home in the community Chapter 4. The human rights of people with dementia in hospital Chapter 5: Human rights and living with dementia in care homes Chapter 6. Human rights and end of life careChapter 7: The power of a human rights-based approach References