Pride or prejudice? Gay men, lesbians and dementia

Price, Elizabeth

Abstract

Social workers have a professional obligation to empower service users to make independent decisions and life choices and to respect their individual lifestyle preferences.  This commitment to anti-oppressive practice can be challenged when working with people who have dementia and may be particularly difficult to effectively adhere to when those diagnosed, and/or their carers, do not fit what might be described as societal norms.  This article explores some of the links between a non-heterosexual identity, ageing, cognitive loss and the challenges these intersecting identities may produce for social work practitioners.

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Publication Date: Oct 1, 2008
• Print ISSN: 0045-3102
• Electronic ISSN: 1468-263X
• Publisher: Oxford University Press (OUP)
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 38
• Issue: 7
• Pages: 1337-1352
• APA6 Citation: Price, E. (2008). Pride or prejudice? Gay men, lesbians and dementia. The British journal of social work, 38(7), 1337-1352. doi:10.1093/bjsw/bcm027
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/bjsw/bcm027
• Keywords: Social Sciences (miscellaneous); Health(social science)