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Forget me not
— dementia in prison | | Author(s) | Tina Maschi, Jung Kwak, Eunjeong Ko |
| Journal title | The Gerontologist, vol 32, no 4, 2012 |
| Pages | 441-451 |
| Source | http://gerontologist.oxfordjournals.org/content/52... |
| Keywords | Dementia ; Prison ; Prisoners ; Rights [elderly] ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | The number of older adults with dementia in prisons in America is rising rapidly. Yet the vast majority of this marginalised subgroup of the aging population is left neglected behind bars, without access to adequate medical and mental health care services. Urgently needed for this ageing population are proactive, interdisciplinary collaborative efforts to improve practice, policy and research, coupled with the development of a high-quality evidence-based continuum of care. This paper aims to raise awareness of the life and experiences of people with dementia in prison; also to stimulate discussion, research, and advocacy efforts for this forgotten subgroup of older Americans. The authors provide evidence regarding the growing number of older adults with dementia in US prisons, the high-risk factors for dementia present in the prison population, and the life and experience of people with dementia in the culture and environment of prison that is not designed for them. They review the current state of services and programmes for dementia in prison. They conclude by proposing practice, policy and research-related priority areas and strategies for interdisciplinary gerontological responses. (OFFPRINT) (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-121214001 A |
| Classmark | EA: TWP: TGF: IKR: 7T * |
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