Course summary

You have learnt about:

• ethical issues and ethical theories;
• patterns of practice;
• the SEA view of personhood in dementia;
• truth-telling in dementia;
• feeding and drinking in dementia;
• the assessment of best interests;
• assistive technology in connection with dementia;
• forced care in connection with dementia;
• sexuality and intimacy in dementia;
• end-of-life issues in dementia.

Each of these topics could be pursued in greater depth and the references in this course should help with this if you wish. There are also many more topics to be considered when thinking of dementia and ethics. This course has, we hope, been enough to show how much there is to think about, how interesting and exciting this can be, and how worthwhile it is to be involved in the lives and care of people living with dementia.

Good luck with any further study and with your endeavours in this rich and rewarding field.