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A child's eye view
— dementia in children's literature | | Author(s) | Jill Manthorpe |
| Journal title | British Journal of Social Work, vol 35, no 3, April 2005 |
| Pages | pp 305-320 |
| Source | http://bjsw.oupjournals.org |
| Keywords | Dementia ; Fiction ; Children ; Literature reviews. |
| Annotation | Children's views of dementia are under-explored, and yet children, too, must be being influenced by the growing knowledge of dementia as a named disease, particularly in old age. The author notes that many children will encounter dementia among family members, their grandparents and great-grandparents in particular. Fictionalised accounts of dementia are considered: these are assuming greater exposure, not so much in the professional welfare domain, but as a plot or character device in contemporary fiction. This paper combine these two areas, by discussing a number of publications written for young people, where dementia is a central issue, motif or characteristic. These include dementia-related material targeted at a children's readership. This is followed by development of themes arising from analysis of three novels written for young people emanating from Canada, Australia and the UK. The paper ends with a series of discussion points for social work practitioners, educationalists and voluntary sector support or self-help groups working in dementia care and in older people's services. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-050520202 A |
| Classmark | EA: HKF: SBC: 64A |
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