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| Looking forward, looking back | | Author(s) | Chris Gilleard |
| Journal title | Generations Review, vol 15, no 1, January 2005 |
| Pages | pp 20-21 |
| Source | (Editorial e-mail address) gr@ageing.ox.ac.uk |
| Keywords | Dementia ; Management [care]. |
| Annotation | The author of "Living with dementia" considers developments since its publication in 1984. The "elderly mentally infirm" in the subtitle, "community care of the elderly mentally infirm", are now a 'residual category'. One development is the reframing of senility, such that Alzheimer's disease (AD) now dominates discourse on dementia; another has been the growth of memory clinics. Another theme is the individualisation of dementia, and the development by Tom Kitwood of dementia care mapping (DCM). (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-050425206 A |
| Classmark | EA: QA |
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