ABSTRACT

The World Health Organization’s Active Ageing policy framework highlights the need for economic and social engagement in communities to maintain and promote healthy ageing and quality of life. This framework does not address the needs of those living with long-term health conditions such as dementia. Although continued employment is not appropriate for all, it is possible for many living with dementia. Despite the numerous contributions that career counselling could make to support people living with dementia we found no consideration of the specific career development needs of people living with dementia in the literature. In this paper we outline the key role that career development professionals could play in the multi-disciplinary teams of professionals supporting persons living with dementia.

摘要

世界卫生组织的积极老龄化政策框架强调了社区经济和社会参与的必要性，以维持和促进健康老龄化和生活质量。该框架没有解决那些患有痴呆症等长期健康问题的人的需求。虽然继续就业并不适合所有人，但对于许多患有痴呆症的人来说，这是可能的。尽管职业咨询可以为支持痴呆症患者做出许多贡献，但我们发现文献中没有考虑到痴呆症患者的特定职业发展需求。在本文中，我们概述了职业发展专业人员在支持痴呆症患者的多学科专业人员团队中可以发挥的关键作用。