An emphasis on the autonomy of people with learning disabilities has put distance between care workers and the people they support.
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It’s no longer about taking dementia seriously, but doing something serious about it.
When we think of nurses, we generally think of someone with high social motivation and a strong desire to help people. The nurturing, altruistically motivated individual – probably female – plays strongly…
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Research Fellow, University of Surrey
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Director, Centre for Sustainable Communities, University of Canberra
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Director of the Salford Institute for Dementia, University of Salford
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Professor and Co-Director, Research on Aging, Policies and Practice, University of Alberta
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PhD Researcher in Dementia Care, King's College London
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Professor and Canada Research Chair in Gender, Work, and Care, Brock University
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Doctoral Candidate, Aging, Health and Well-being, University of Waterloo
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Senior Lecturer, Te Huataki Waiora School of Health, University of Waikato
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Postdoctoral fellow in Sociology, Brock University
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Research Manager, Research on Aging Policies and Practice, University of Alberta
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Professor of Economics, University of Bristol
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Post-doctoral Fellow, Sociology, University of British Columbia
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Canada Excellence Research Chair in Migration and Integration, Toronto Metropolitan University
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