What is dementia? How should we organize dementia care? This comprehensive book critically examines the main approaches to understanding dementia?bio-medical, social-psychological, and socio-gerontological?and the main principles and ideologies of care.

Key Features

• Provides clarity on the gap between the utopian aspirations of care and the reality of care
• Opens up a series of questions about knowledge and treatment of dementia
• Argues for a transition from positions that place emphasis upon the individual or particular care services to the social, cultural, and economic context