The Becoming Subject of Dementia
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dementia, population aging, normalcy, personhood
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Katie Aubrecht, Canadian Institutes of Health Research Postdoctoral Fellow, Mount Saint Vincent University
Dr. Katie Aubrecht is a Canadian Institutes of Health Research Postdoctoral Fellow. Her research uses critical disability studies theory and phenomenological and interpretive sociological methods to trace and historically situate the relations between institutional organization and subject formation. Current research explores the meaning of the experience of dementia, and how individuals’ social identities and status as human beings are produced within the context of institutionalized dementia care. Dr. Aubrecht has published numerous peer-reviewed book chapters and articles in RDS, Studies in Social Justice and Seniors Housing & Care, and has guest edited a special issue on translations of happiness in Health, Culture and Society.
Janice Keefe, Professor, Department of Family Studies and Gerontology, Mount Saint Vincent University
Janice Keefe is Professor of Family Studies and Gerontology, Mount Saint Vincent University, Lena Isabel Jodrey Chair in Gerontology and Director, Nova Scotia Centre on Aging. Selected as the Mount’s first Canada Research Chair in Aging and Caregiving Policy (2002-2012), her research areas are caregiving policy and practice, continuing care policy and projecting the needs of older Canadians. In the past decade she has published over 60 articles and technical reports and has received numerous awards for her scholarship and leadership. She teaches courses in social policy and aging and provides mentorship and supervision to a number of graduate students and postdoctoral fellows.