We Take Care of Our Own: A Theological Ethnographic Exploration of the Experience of Caregiving in the Context of Dementia Across Two Cultures
This project investigates how the perspectives of an indigenous community and a diaspora community on dementia care can deepen theological understandings and practices of dementia care.
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The project asks, how can the perspectives of an indigenous community and a diaspora community on the core issues of dementia care – love and kinship – deepen theological understandings and practices of dementia care?
Responding to a lack of practical theology research on dementia beyond mainstream communities in the Global North, the project engages with caregivers and those living with dementia among Gunadule people in Panama and with African Caribbean people in Britain.
Alongside academic publications, the project aims at public impact by releasing an accessible report on the study and linking with elder care organisations HammondCare Australia and HammondCare UK to implement the findings.
Dr Robert Heimburger is collaborating on the project with Professor John Swinton (University of Aberdeen) and Mag. Jocabed Reina Solano Miselis (Panama; NAIITS, an Indigenous Learning Community).
Funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC)
