Leisure and Everyday Life with Dementia

This book provides a comprehensive collection of research and theory surrounding leisure and dementia, emphasizing its importance for individuals living with the condition. It offers insights into diverse leisure activities and their potential to enhance quality of life. The book is co-edited by a person living with dementia and includes contributions from experts across various disciplines. It is a valuable resource for professionals working in dementia care and support.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 226 pages
Publication date: 10 October 2023
Publisher: Open University Press

• Offers practical advice for practitioners working with people living with dementia • Highlights the importance of involving people living with dementia in the design and evaluation of leisure interventions • Discusses the ethical considerations surrounding leisure and dementia • Provides a comprehensive reference for researchers,practitioners,and students in the field of dementia studies “This is a must-read for anyone interested in understanding the role of leisure in the lives of people living with dementia and the potential for leisure to enhance their quality of life.” Dr Mary OMalley,BSc,PhD,CPsychol,Senior Research Fellow,Association for Dementia Studies,University of Worcester,UK “This is the most important edited collection to emerge from leisure studies in the last thirty years.”  Professor Karl Spracklen,School of Humanities and Social Sciences,Leeds Beckett University,UK “This book is a novel collection of works that not only broadens and enriches our understandings of the importance of leisure for people living with dementia,but in demonstrating the possibilities for living well with dementia through engagement with leisure,it helps to build the foundation for developing an ethical standard to support such engagement to the fullest extent possible.” Pia Kontos,Senior Scientist and Professor,KITE Research Institute,Toronto Rehabilitation Institute – University Health Network,and Dalla Lana School of Public Health,University of Toronto,Canada This book examines leisure in the everyday lives of people living with dementia and challenges readers to consider the role of leisure activities beyond their potential for therapeutic benefit.  Leisure and Everyday Life with Dementia emphasises how leisure offers people living with dementia opportunity to realise their citizenship through participating in leisure in everyday life. It explores the role in enabling this through giving equal chances to make choices about how,when and where people participate. This book: • Examines diverse kinds of leisure,including sports,music,travel,nature,and the online world • Contains accessible summaries and ‘So what does this mean in practice? sections at the end of each ch. • Offers practical advice for practitioners working with people living with dementia • Highlights the importance of involving people living with dementia in the design and evaluation of leisure interventions • Discusses the ethical considerations surrounding leisure and dementia • Provides a comprehensive reference for researchers,practitioners,and students in the field of dementia studies “This is a must-read for anyone interested in understanding the role
This is the most important edited collection to emerge from leisure studies in the last thirty years. It provides a significant collection of the research base and theory surrounding leisure and dementia, and is a must-read for anyone interested in understanding the role of leisure in the lives of people living with dementia and the potential for leisure to enhance their quality of life.

Dr Mary OMalley, BSc, PhD, CPsychol, Senior Research Fellow, Association for Dementia Studies, University of Worcester, UK, said: “This is the most important edited collection to emerge from leisure studies in the last thirty years. It provides a significant collection of the research base and theory surrounding leisure and dementia, and is a must-read for anyone interested in understanding the role of leisure in the lives of people living with dementia and the potential for leisure to enhance their quality of life.”

Professor Karl Spracklen, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Leeds Beckett University, UK, said: “This is a novel collection of works that not only broadens and enriches our understandings of the importance of leisure for people living with dementia, but in demonstrating the possibilities for living well with dementia through engagement with leisure, it helps to build the foundation for developing an ethical standard to support such engagement to the fullest extent possible.”

Pia Kontos, Senior Scientist and Professor, KITE Research Institute, Toronto Rehabilitation Institute – University Health Network, and Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Canada, said: “This book examines leisure in the everyday lives of people living with dementia and challenges readers to consider the role possible. It emphasises how leisure offers people living with dementia opportunity to realise their citizenship through participating in leisure in everyday life. It explores the role in enabling this through giving equal chances to make choices about how, when and where people participate. This book: Examines diverse kinds of leisure, including sports, music, travel, nature, and the online world. Contains accessible summaries and ‘So what does this mean in practice? sections at the end of each ch. Offers practical advice for practitioners working with people living. Living with dementia. Highlights the importance of involving people living with dementia in the design and evaluation of leisure interventions. Discusses the ethical considerations surrounding leisure and dementia. Provides a comprehensive reference for researchers, practitioners, and students in the field.

Weight: 416g
Dimension: 227 x 251 x 18 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780335251308