A new book called “Human Rights in Dementia Care: A Good Practice Guide” was recently launched at a special event held at Trinity College Dublin (TCD) in Ireland. The book was co-authored by Suzanne Cahill, Fiona Kelly and Helen Rochford-Brennan. The book has been written for health care professionals and for family caregivers and aims to provide the tools required to enable paid and unpaid caregivers to use a human rights-based approach in dementia care.
A panel discussion was held to mark the launch with speakers including Eamon O’Shea, Director of the Centre for Economic and Social Research on Dementia at University of Galway; Suzanne Cahill, TCD School of Social Work & Social Policy, Trinity; Helen Rochford-Brennan LLD, Global Dementia Ambassador and former member and Chairperson of the European Working Group of People with Dementia; Fiona Kelly, former Lecturer in Nursing, School of Health Sciences, Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh, and Andy Heffernan, CEO of The Alzheimer Society of Ireland.
Read more, on the TCD website: https://www.tcd.ie/swsp/news/book-launch-of-human-rights-in-dementia-care-a-good-practice-guide-/
