TY - JOUR
T1 - Dementia, Work and Employability
T2 - Using the Capability Approach to understand the employability potential for people living with dementia
AU - Ritchie, Louise
AU - Egdell, Valerie
AU - Danson, Michael
AU - Cook, Mandy
AU - Stavert, Jill
AU - Tolson, Debbie
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: Study 1 was supported by the Alzheimer’s Society (grant number PG-2012-199); Study 2 was supported by the Carnegie Trust for the Universities of Scotland (grant number 50321).
PY - 2022/8/1
Y1 - 2022/8/1
N2 - The importance of remaining in, or re-entering, the labour market is emphasised by governments internationally. While this may bring benefits, progressive disabilities such as dementia affect an individual’s employability. Although employers have legal obligations to support employees with disabilities, research suggests that employers are not providing this support to employees living with dementia and are undermining their capabilities. Drawing on interview data from 38 key informants collected over two studies, we explore the potential for supporting and promoting the employability of people living with dementia. A model of sustainable employability based on the Capability Approach is used as a lens to explore this issue. The findings demonstrate the implications of progressive disabilities for employability when the worker and their family are faced with dealing with a disability in a period of uncertainty with a lack of public and workplace understanding.
AB - The importance of remaining in, or re-entering, the labour market is emphasised by governments internationally. While this may bring benefits, progressive disabilities such as dementia affect an individual’s employability. Although employers have legal obligations to support employees with disabilities, research suggests that employers are not providing this support to employees living with dementia and are undermining their capabilities. Drawing on interview data from 38 key informants collected over two studies, we explore the potential for supporting and promoting the employability of people living with dementia. A model of sustainable employability based on the Capability Approach is used as a lens to explore this issue. The findings demonstrate the implications of progressive disabilities for employability when the worker and their family are faced with dealing with a disability in a period of uncertainty with a lack of public and workplace understanding.
KW - dementia
KW - disability
KW - employability
KW - sustainable employability
KW - capability approach
KW - Capability Approach
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85097060732&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1177/0950017020961929
DO - 10.1177/0950017020961929
M3 - Article
SN - 0950-0170
VL - 36
SP - 591
EP - 609363
JO - Work, Employment and Society
JF - Work, Employment and Society
IS - 4
ER -