Negative positioning of 'dementia' in an environment of competition for resources
Book chapter
McDonald, T.. (2018). Negative positioning of 'dementia' in an environment of competition for resources. In Dementia as Social Experience: Valuing Life and Care pp. 23-33 Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781351241816-2
Authors | McDonald, T. |
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Abstract | In social environments driven by self-interest and individualism, people experiencing dementia must compete with others for access to public health resources, legal protection and financial security. Within such societies the marginalisation of older people and ageism is crucial to the unequal allocation of resources. It is one determining factor in how those with power use competing interests, exploiting some people’s disadvantage to their own benefit. Strategies for accumulating power, wealth and control include negative positioning, misinformation and coercion, all enabled by normalised ageist thinking within families, community and society. This is a form of abuse. It coalesces with domestic violence and child abuse as the third piece of a triptych of abuses occurring within or impacting on trust relationships. Nowhere are these dynamics more evident than in the context of dementia. |
Keywords | Health Care; Social Care; Social Sciences |
Page range | 23-33 |
Year | 01 Jan 2018 |
Book title | Dementia as Social Experience: Valuing Life and Care |
Publisher | Routledge |
Place of publication | United Kingdom |
Edition | 1 |
ISBN | 978-1-351-24181-6 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.4324/9781351241816-2 |
Web address (URL) | https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edit/10.4324/9781351241816-2/negative-positioning-dementia-environment-competition-resources-tracey-mcdonald |
Open access | Published as non-open access |
Research or scholarly | Research |
Publisher's version | License All rights reserved File Access Level Controlled |
Output status | Published |
Publication dates | |
Online | 27 Jul 2018 |
Publication process dates | |
Accepted | 19 Feb 2024 |
Deposited | 27 Feb 2024 |
Additional information | © 2019 selection and editorial matter, Gaynor Macdonald and Jane Mears; individual chapters, the contributors. |
https://acuresearchbank.acu.edu.au/item/90313/negative-positioning-of-dementia-in-an-environment-of-competition-for-resources
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