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Grandfathers - Dementia carers

Sociological discussion programme, presented by Laurie Taylor. Laurie discusses a global study of grandfatherhood. Also, the challenges facing dementia carers.

Grandfathers today: Laurie Taylor talks to Ann Buchanan, Senior Research Associate in the Department of Social Policy and Intervention at the University of Oxford, about the changing nature of grandfatherhood. She brought together a team of international scholars, from Finland to South Africa, who found that grandfathers were re-inventing themselves into a new, caring role in the wake of increased divorce, long parenthood and more active, elder lives. They're joined by the writer and broadcaster, Michael Bywater.

Dementia carers: Simon Bailey, Research Fellow in Sociology at the University of Manchester, talks about the findings of three National Health Service wards and one private care home in England. Staff are expected to provide person centred care which mitigates the loss of insight, personality and capacity associated with dementia. But, as his research demonstrates, direct care staff have only limited training and remuneration to deliver such quality care.

Producer: Jayne Egerton.

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28 minutes

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Mon 27 Mar 2017 00:15

Grandfathers - Dementia Carers

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READING LIST

K. Scales, S. Bailey, J Middleton and J Schneider (2017) 'Power, empowerment, and person-centred care: Using ethnography to examine the everyday practice of unregistered dementia care staff'

A. Buchanan (edited with Anna Rotkirch), ‘Grandfathers: Global Perspective’ (Palgrave Macmillan, 2017)

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  • Wed 22 Mar 2017 16:00
  • Mon 27 Mar 2017 00:15

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