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‘Vulnerable Monsters’: Constructions of Dementia in the Australian Royal Commission into Aged Care

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Main Author: Chelberg, Kristina
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Springer 2023
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RCAC
Vulnerable Monsters
Online Access:https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11196-023-09979-w
https://dlib.phenikaa-uni.edu.vn/handle/PNK/9138
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spelling oai:localhost:PNK-91382023-09-21T07:30:24Z ‘Vulnerable Monsters’: Constructions of Dementia in the Australian Royal Commission into Aged Care Chelberg, Kristina RCAC Vulnerable Monsters CC-BY This paper argues that while regulatory frameworks in aged care authorise restraints to protect vulnerable persons living with dementia from harm, they also serve as normalising practices to control challenging monstrous Others. This argument emerges out of an observed unease in aged care discourse where older people living with dementia are described as ‘vulnerable’, while dementia behaviours are described as ‘challenging’. Using narrative analysis on a case study from the Final Report of the Australian Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety (RCAC), this paper investigates how the RCAC (re)produced constructions of persons with dementia as ‘vulnerable monsters’. Drawing upon monstrous theory about ‘unruly and leaky’ bodies, extracts from the case study reveal how the RCAC repeated and reinforced monstrous constructions of dementia. 2023-09-21T07:30:24Z 2023-09-21T07:30:24Z 2023 Book https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11196-023-09979-w https://dlib.phenikaa-uni.edu.vn/handle/PNK/9138 en application/pdf Springer
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Vulnerable Monsters
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Vulnerable Monsters
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