Equality, Diversity and Inclusion in Dementia Care
This session will investigate how factors such as stigma, age, gender and ethnicity affect the experience of living with or caring for people with dementia. Later, it will offer guidance on how to adapt your practice to address discrimination and tailor care and services to meet the diverse needs of people affected by dementia.
Learning Objectives
By the end of this session you will be able to:
- Describe the importance of diversity in shaping who we are and how we perceive others
- Understand what stigma is and how it can affect the support and services people receive
- Explain how factors such as age, gender, culture and ethnicity, sexual orientation and disabilities can affect the experience of living with or supporting someone with dementia
- Identify how to adapt your practice to address discrimination and tailor care and services to meet the diverse needs of people affected by dementia
In this session, we will focus on the issues surrounding diversity in dementia and explore why diversity needs to be taken into account when undertaking assessments and delivering care.
This session has been mapped to the Dementia Training Standards Framework and is designed to support the Dementia Action Alliance Dementia Statements.
Before commencing this session you should:
- Complete Module 1 - Introduction to Living with Dementia/Dementia Awareness (407-0030)
Sahdia is a Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Applied Dementia Studies, University of Bradford. Her current research is funded by the Alzheimer's Society and focuses on carers' motivations, willingness and perceived preparedness to support a person with dementia at home. Sahdia is interested in perceptions of health, ways of coping, service use and quality of life in minority ethnic communities.
Sahdia completed a BSc (hons) in psychology and neuroscience, MSc in Clinical psychology and a PhD in Health psychology from Bangor University. She has a background in health psychology research and has conducted research in the following areas: health services, medicine adherence, patient safety, patient and public engagement. Her particular interest is in dementia research.
Jan is Professor of Dementia Care at the University of Bradford and a registered clinical psychologist with many years of NHS experience working with people with dementia, depression and anxiety, and their families.
Her current research focuses largely on developing our understanding of ways to support people with dementia and their families in the community. She has researched and written about caregiving, with much of her work being based on qualitative methodologies.
During 2013-2014, she co-organised dementia awareness roadshows for diverse communities in Bradford funded by Bradford City Council, an initiative that was highly commended in the recent European Foundations Initiative on Dementia. She was also a Wellcome Trust scientific adviser to the director of a television programme being made for children about having a grandparent with dementia.
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