Barriers to leisure participation for people with dementia and their carers : an exploratory analysis of carer and people with dementias experiences

Innes, A ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5591-4083, Page, SJ and Cutler, C 2016, 'Barriers to leisure participation for people with dementia and their carers : an exploratory analysis of carer and people with dementias experiences' , Dementia, 15 (6) , pp. 1643-1665.

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Abstract

Leisure has emerged as a prominent research theme within the growing body of knowledge on dementia, with a focus on physical activity. Yet participation in any form of leisure presupposes an ability to freely choose to partake in activities and to negotiate one’s way around key barriers. In the case of dementia, the ability to undertake leisure activities is subject to a greater range of barriers, structured in a hierarchical manner that contributes to social exclusion if not addressed. This study based on focus groups with people with dementia and their family members conducted in Dorset, UK illustrates a range of barriers to leisure participation. How to create or maintain leisure opportunities for those living with dementia where households affected by dementia do not adopt avoidance behaviour, compounding a sense of isolation and exclusion is a challenge. Leisure can be an important strategy framed as a form of resistance to the social disabilities experienced by those living with dementia and it is potentially isolating impact.

Item Type:	Article
Schools:	Schools > School of Health and Society
Journal or Publication Title:	Dementia
Publisher:	Sage Publications
ISSN:	1471-3012
Related URLs:	Publication
Funders:	Bournemouth University
Depositing User:	A Innes
Date Deposited:	28 Jun 2017 09:38
Last Modified:	27 Aug 2021 23:34
URI:	https://usir.salford.ac.uk/id/eprint/42789

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