Multi-Species Dementia Studies
Towards an Interdisciplinary Approach
Edited by Nicholas Jenkins, Anna Jack-Waugh and Louise Ritchie
Published
Jan 1, 2025Page count
208 pagesISBN
978-1447368793Dimensions
234 x 156 mmImprint
Policy PressPublished
Jan 1, 2025Page count
208 pagesISBN
978-1447368816Dimensions
234 x 156 mmImprint
Policy Press
Multi-Species Dementia Studies
Dementia is one of the greatest challenges facing humanity in the 21st century. Responding to the global dementia challenge, however, affects more than humans alone. We live in a multi-species world but often think about dementia in mono-species ways. From the lab to the living room, other beings are “on the scene” and our relations with them affect how we understand, experience, and respond to dementia. Drawing on cutting-edge work across the social and biological sciences, this book offers readers the tools to respond to dementia in multi-species ways. By exploring a range of topics, from pathology to personhood, contributors highlight how thinking about dementia as a more-than-human phenomenon may enable new ways of responding to our global dementia challenge.
Nicholas Jenkins is Senior Lecturer in Sociology and Social Policy at the University of the West of Scotland and a former Chancellor's Fellow of the University of Edinburgh.
Anna Jack Waugh is Senior Lecturer in Dementia at the Alzheimer Scotland Centre for Policy and Practice at the University of the West of Scotland.
Louise Ritchie is Reader in Dementia Research at the Alzheimer Scotland Centre for Policy and Practice at the University of the West of Scotland.
Introduction: Multi-species Dementia Studies - Nicholas Jenkins, Anna Jack-Waugh, and Louise Ritchie
1. What we know about dementia in human and nonhuman animals - Lorena Sordo
2. How can a mouse get dementia? - Richard Gorman, Richard Milne, and Gail Davies
3. The influence of infectious disease and inflammation on neurological Disorders - Anne Crilly and Fiona L. Henriquez
4. Love, loss and animals: A posthumanist account of dementia in multi-species households - Elizabeth Peel, Damien Riggs and Nik Taylor
5. End of life entanglements during the Covid-19 lockdowns: Caring for and caring about human and non-human animals - Vanessa Ashall
6. Atmospheric beings: On dogs, owls, and living with dementia in a care facility - Cristina Douglas
7. Forging human-animal bonds? Robotic pets in care settings for people living with dementia - Ann Toohey, Jennifer Hewson, David Hogan, and
Melanie Rock
8. Conclusion: Cultivating the ‘arts of living’ (and dying) well with dementia on a damaged planet - Nicholas Jenkins, Anna Jack-Waugh and Louise Ritchie
