Precarity in late life: rethinking dementia as a ‘frailed’ old age
Book Chapter: Precarity in late life: Rethinking dementia as a ‘frailed’ old age Abstract: Approaches to ageing that are organised around productivity, success, and active late life have contributed to views of dementia as an unsuccessful, failed or ‘frailed’ old age. Operating through dominant frameworks, socio-cultural constructs and organisational practices, the ‘frailties’ of the body…