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Everybody s***s: how defecation stigma reduces care quality in dementia

Everybody s***s: how defecation stigma reduces care quality in dementia
Everybody s***s: how defecation stigma reduces care quality in dementia
Purpose
This paper aims to raise awareness of the ways in which faecal incontinence can impact the provision of dementia care by examining this through the lens of stigma.

Design/methodology/approach
This paper contains a scoping review of available literature relating to faecal incontinence, dementia and stigma.

Findings
Literature was organised into three themes: the origins of the stigma, the purpose of stigma and the care context.

Research limitations/implications
Limitations of this paper include the lack of literature discussing faecal incontinence and dementia in relation to stigma.

Practical implications
Stigma regarding faecal incontinence has the potential to impact quality of life of people with a dementia and contributes towards the invisible work of unqualified care workers.

Originality/value
Stigma and faecal incontinence have only a small amount of research around them in residential dementia care.
Care staff, Care workers, Dementia, Dementia care, Faecal incontinence, Residential care, Residential home, Stigma, Taboo
1471-7794
79-87
Hewer-Richards, Leah
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Goodall, Dawn
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Hewer-Richards, Leah
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Goodall, Dawn
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Hewer-Richards, Leah and Goodall, Dawn (2020) Everybody s***s: how defecation stigma reduces care quality in dementia. Quality in Ageing and Older Adults, 21 (2), 79-87. (doi:10.1108/QAOA-07-2019-0039).

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Abstract

Purpose
This paper aims to raise awareness of the ways in which faecal incontinence can impact the provision of dementia care by examining this through the lens of stigma.

Design/methodology/approach
This paper contains a scoping review of available literature relating to faecal incontinence, dementia and stigma.

Findings
Literature was organised into three themes: the origins of the stigma, the purpose of stigma and the care context.

Research limitations/implications
Limitations of this paper include the lack of literature discussing faecal incontinence and dementia in relation to stigma.

Practical implications
Stigma regarding faecal incontinence has the potential to impact quality of life of people with a dementia and contributes towards the invisible work of unqualified care workers.

Originality/value
Stigma and faecal incontinence have only a small amount of research around them in residential dementia care.

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Accepted/In Press date: 22 April 2020
e-pub ahead of print date: 15 May 2020
Published date: 15 July 2020
Additional Information: Publisher Copyright: © 2020, Emerald Publishing Limited.
Keywords: Care staff, Care workers, Dementia, Dementia care, Faecal incontinence, Residential care, Residential home, Stigma, Taboo

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Local EPrints ID: 441897
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/441897
ISSN: 1471-7794
PURE UUID: 86a8ff35-ef45-417e-aeb0-6a1796b6da27
ORCID for Leah Hewer-Richards: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-1714-564X

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Date deposited: 01 Jul 2020 16:35
Last modified: 17 Mar 2024 03:54

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Author: Leah Hewer-Richards ORCID iD
Author: Dawn Goodall

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