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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Rothe, Verena
• Kreutzner, Gabriele
• Gronemeyer, Reimer

Titel

Staying in Life : Paving the Way to Dementia-Friendly Communities

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• Gesellschaft der Unterschiede : 42

Auflage

1st ed

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• UTB Scholars Vollzugriff 2024

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Frontmatter 1 Content 5 Acknowledgements 7 Opening remarks by the Robert Bosch Foundation 10 Preface 13 Part 1. The Dementia-Friendly Community - A Daring Venture 17 Part 2. People in the community living with dementia - the programme 43 Part 3. Between Reflection and concrete Action 241 Funded Projects 283
• We are constantly growing older, and there are an increasing number of elderly people living with dementia who are merely being ›taken care of‹. There is no question that we need alternatives to the established procedures. What can we do to create spaces where we can stay in life - rather than just staying alive? How can we turn the individual environments of people with and without dementia into ›places of human warmth‹? In Germany, initiatives attempting to answer these questions are on the rise: Committed individuals from politics, art, churches, social and volunteer work etc. are creatively working towards dementia-friendly communities. In this book, three authors, intimately familiar with the topic, explore initial movements, obstacles, and first approaches.
• Verena Rothe (MA), is sociologist and leader of the project »Menschen mit Demenz in der Kommune« and managing director of Aktion Demenz e.V., Giessen, Germany.
• Gabriele Kreutzner (Dr.), cultural and media scientist, is actively engaged in projects related to dementia and is co-chair of Aktion Demenz e.V. She lives in Stuttgart, Germany.
• Reimer Gronemeyer, born in 1939, holds a Ph.D. in theology and in sociology. He is a Prof. em. at the Justus-Liebig-University of Giessen, honorary senator of the University of Giessen, and has conducted research in Zimbabwe, Sudan, Tansania, Namibia, Botswana, and Malawi. He is the chairperson of the German NGO »Pallium - Research and Aid for Social Projects«.
• In English.