Challenging discrimination and stigma: Dementia

• Discrimination
• Health inequalities
• Learning disabilities

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by Claire Cox

4 August, 20206 yr · 1,481 views

Summary

This resource, produced by the MacIntyre Dementia Project, is designed to provide:

• An understanding of what discrimination and stigma is and how it can affect a person.
• Knowledge of how to recognise when a person is being discriminated against.
• Knowledge of who to report concerns to.

Content

Contents:

• Definition of discrimination 
• Why people with a learning disability are at increased risk of discrimination
• Additional discrimination seen when people have Dementia
• Definition of Stigma
• Why stigma is historically a BIG problem in Dementia
• The importance of challenging stigma to support living well
• What has been done to tackle stigma?
• The national ambition for reducing discrimination and stigma
• How discrimination and stigma can make a person feel
• Recognising discrimination and stigma in everyday life
• How to support a person when they are the subject of discrimination or stigma
• Reporting concerns
• How you can avoid being discriminatory or stigmatising
• Combating discrimination and stigma
• Taking inspiration from the disability movement 
• Education! Education! Education.

Challenging discrimination and stigma: Dementia https://www.macintyrecharity.org/download/file/2057/

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