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

Leah Hewer-Richards (Department of Health Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK)
Dawn Goodall (Department of Health and Wellbeing, University of Worcester, Worcester, UK)

Quality in Ageing and Older Adults

ISSN: 1471-7794

Article publication date: 20 May 2020

Issue publication date: 15 July 2020

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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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Citation

Hewer-Richards, L. and Goodall, D. (2020), "Everybody S***s: how defecation stigma reduces care quality in dementia", Quality in Ageing and Older Adults, Vol. 21 No. 2, pp. 79-87. https://doi.org/10.1108/QAOA-07-2019-0039

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Emerald Publishing Limited

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