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Remote and Rural Dementia Care: Policy, Research and Practice

Anthea Innes, Debra Morgan, and Jane Farmer

Abstract

As the number of people affected by dementia continues to rise, this is the first in-depth examination of related services dedicated to the unique demands of remote and rural settings. Contributors from the UK, Australia, North America and Europe explore the experiences and requirements of those living with dementia and those caring for them in personal and professional capacities in challenging geographical locations. For practitioners, researchers, academics and policy makers, this book is an essential review of evidence and strategies to date, and a guide to future research needs and opport ... More

Keywords: Dementia, Rural dementia care, Policy, Practice, Research

Bibliographic Information

Print publication date: 2020 Print ISBN-13: 9781447344957
Published to Policy Press Scholarship Online: January 2021 DOI:10.1332/policypress/9781447344957.001.0001

Authors

Affiliations are at time of print publication.

Anthea Innes, editor
University of Salford

Debra Morgan, editor
University of Saskatchewan

Jane Farmer, editor
Swinburne University

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Front Matter

Title Pages

List of figures and tables

Notes on contributors

Acknowledgements

Introduction

1 Remote and rural dementia care: why is this important for policy, research, practice and the lived experience of dementia?

Anthea Innes, Debra Morgan and Jane Farmer

Part I Policy drivers

2 The future of dementia care in rural areas of the world

Jane Farmer and Sharon Grant

3 Addressing dementia needs in Australia

Irene Blackberry, Clare Wilding, Michael Bauer, Margaret Winbolt and Hilary Davis

4 Norwegian remote and rural dementia care

Oyvind Kirkevold and Kari Midtbo Kristiansen

Part II Research evidence

5 Rural dementia research in Canada

Debra Morgan, Julie Kosteniuk, Megan E. O’Connell, Norma Stewart and Andrew Kirk

6 Timely diagnosis of dementia in rural areas in Austria: the Dementia Service Centre model

Stefanie Auer, Paulina Ratajczak, Edith Span and Margit Höfler

7 Key issues for people with dementia living in rural Ireland: social exclusion, models of care and policy change

Eamon O’Shea and Kieran Walsh

Part III Practice challenges

8 Developing collaborative relationships with rural-dwelling older men with dementia in the UK: lessons learned from a community technological initiative

Ben Hicks and Anthea Innes

9 Farm-based care: providing meaningful activities in dementia care as an alternative to ‘standard day care’ in the UK

Fiona Marshall

10 Transportation issues in dementia

Mark Rapoport, Andy Hyde and Gary Naglie

11 Considerations in dementia care for Indigenous populations in Canada

Kristen M. Jacklin and Jessica M. Chiovitte

Part IV Lived experiences

12 Living with dementia in rural Ireland

Helen Rochford-Brennan

13 Living with dementia in rural Scotland

Nancy McAdam

14 Conclusion: navigating 21st-century remote and rural dementia care and a future research agenda

Jane Farmer, Debra Morgan and Anthea Innes

End Matter

Index