Leisure and Everyday Life with Dementia

Edited by Dr. Christopher Russell, Dr. Karen Gray, and Jane Twigg

This groundbreaking book is a significant collection of research and theory surrounding leisure and dementia, providing a comprehensive understanding of the importance of leisure for people living with dementia.

“This is the most important edited collection to emerge from leisure studies in the last thirty years.” – Professor Karl Spracklen, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Leeds Beckett University, UK

About the Book

Leisure and Everyday Life with Dementia challenges readers to consider the role of leisure activities beyond their potential for therapeutic benefit, examining leisure in the everyday lives of people living with dementia and exploring the role of society in enabling participation.

• Examines diverse kinds of leisure, including sports, music, travel, nature, and the online world
• Contains accessible summaries and “So what does this mean in practice?” sections at the end of each chapter
• Co-edited and written with a guiding vision provided by a person living with dementia
• Contributions from authors across the world and across multiple disciplines

This essential reading is ideal for anyone whose study or work in nursing or social care, occupational therapy, social work, arts therapies, arts, health and wellbeing, sports and exercise, or gerontology includes an interest in dementia.

The Reconsidering Dementia Series

This book is part of the Reconsidering Dementia Series, an interdisciplinary series published by Open University Press that covers contemporary issues to challenge and engage readers in thinking deeply about the topic.