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dc.contributor.authorOlsen, Veronica
dc.contributor.authorTaylor, Louise
dc.contributor.authorWhiteley, Kirsty
dc.contributor.authorEllerton, Annie
dc.contributor.authorKingston, Paul
dc.contributor.authorBailey, Jan
dc.date.accessioned2019-08-20T12:26:24Z
dc.date.available2019-08-20T12:26:24Z
dc.date.issued2019-07-10
dc.identifier.citationOlsen, V., Taylor, L., Whiteley, K., Ellerton, A., Kingston, P. & Bailey, J. (2020). Exploring public perceptions and understanding of dementia: Analysing narratives from the Mass Observation Project. Dementia, 19(8), 2804-2820. https://doi.org/10.1177/1471301219861468en_US
dc.identifier.issn1471-3012
dc.identifier.doi10.1177/1471301219861468
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10034/622522
dc.description.abstractOver 850,000 people living in the United Kingdom have been diagnosed with dementia, yet knowledge about this condition amongst the general population remains relatively poor. Many studies have evaluated the level of public knowledge and understanding about dementia from a research and professional service perspective, however none have considered this condition from the perspective of the wider public. In this preliminary overview, we analyse and describe high level narratives collected from 143 respondents to a dementia Directive commissioned to the Mass Observation Project. These narratives present a perspective on the public knowledge and understanding about dementia not previously considered, where respondents have written openly about their own experiences, and reflected on their perception of the wider public’s knowledge and understanding about dementia. This unique perspective importantly enhances our knowledge about the public’s understanding and awareness of dementia, and informs the main areas of public concern found in the analysis: care responsibilities, impact on relationships, and fears about developing dementia.en_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherSAGE Publicationsen_US
dc.relation.urlhttps://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1471301219861468en_US
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/en_US
dc.subjectDementiaen_US
dc.subjectMass Observation Projecten_US
dc.subjectpublic perceptionen_US
dc.subjectrespondentsen_US
dc.subjectobserversen_US
dc.subjectpublic understandingen_US
dc.subjectnarrativesen_US
dc.titleExploring Public Perceptions and Understanding of Dementia: Analysing Narratives from the Mass Observation Projecten_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.identifier.eissn1741-2684
dc.contributor.departmentUniversity of Chesteren_US
dc.identifier.journalDementiaen_US
dc.date.accepted2019-07-10
or.grant.openaccessYesen_US
rioxxterms.funderInternally fundeden_US
rioxxterms.identifier.projectQR Grant, Taylor, Len_US
rioxxterms.versionAMen_US
rioxxterms.licenseref.startdate2019-07-10


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