Department of Design, Manufacturing and Engineering Management, University of Strathclyde, 75 Montrose St., Glasgow G1 1XJ, UK.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 Nov 9;18(22):11742. doi: 10.3390/ijerph182211742.
The United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights is widely acknowledged as a landmark document in the history of human rights. Drafted by representatives from all over the world, the declaration was proclaimed by the United Nations General Assembly in Paris on 10 December 1948 (General Assembly resolution 217 A) as a common standard for all peoples and all nations. The declaration sets out a series of articles that articulate a number of fundamental human rights to be universally protected. Article 23 of the declaration relates to the right to work and states that people have a human right to work, or engage in productive employment, and may not be prevented from doing so. The right to work is enshrined in international human rights law through its inclusion in the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, where the right to work emphasizes economic, social and cultural development. This paper presents ongoing research that highlights how a disruptive co-design approach contributes to upholding UN Article 23 through the creation of a series of innovative working practices developed with people living with dementia. The research, undertaken in collaboration with several voluntary and third sector organizations in the UK, looks to break the cycle of prevailing opinions, traditional mindsets, and ways-of-doing that tend to remain uncontested in the health and social care of people living with dementia. As a result, this research has produced a series of innovative work opportunities for people living with dementia and their formal and informal carers that change the perception of dementia by showing that people living with dementia are capable of designing and making desirable products and offering much to UK society after diagnosis. In this ongoing research, the right to continue to work for people living with dementia post-diagnosis in creative and innovative ways has clearly helped to reconnect them to other people, helped build their self-esteem, identity and dignity and helped keep the person with dementia connected to their community, thus delaying the need for crisis interventions. This paper reports on a series of future work initiatives for people living with dementia where we have used design as a disruptive force for good to ensure that anyone diagnosed with dementia can exercise their right to work and engage in productive and rewarding employment.
《世界人权宣言》被广泛认为是人权史上的一个里程碑式文件。该宣言由来自世界各地的代表起草，于 1948 年 12 月 10 日在巴黎由联合国大会宣布（大会第 217 A 号决议），成为各国人民和各国的共同标准。宣言列出了一系列条款，阐明了一些应普遍保护的基本人权。宣言第 23 条涉及工作权，规定人民享有工作权，或从事生产性就业的权利，不得加以阻止。工作权通过纳入《经济、社会、文化权利国际公约》而成为国际人权法的一部分，其中工作权强调经济、社会和文化发展。本文介绍了正在进行的研究，该研究强调了通过与英国的几个志愿和第三部门组织合作，采用一种具有开创性的共同设计方法，如何通过创建一系列创新的工作实践来维护联合国第 23 条，这些实践是为与痴呆症患者一起开发的。这项研究旨在打破普遍存在的观点、传统思维和惯常做法的循环，这些观点、传统思维和惯常做法在痴呆症患者的健康和社会护理中往往没有受到质疑。因此，这项研究为痴呆症患者及其正式和非正式照顾者创造了一系列创新的工作机会，通过展示痴呆症患者有能力设计和制造理想的产品，并在被诊断后为英国社会做出贡献，从而改变了对痴呆症的看法。在这项正在进行的研究中，通过创造性和创新性的方式让被诊断为痴呆症的人继续工作的权利显然有助于将他们与其他人重新联系起来，有助于建立他们的自尊、身份和尊严，并有助于使痴呆症患者与他们的社区保持联系，从而推迟对危机干预的需求。本文报告了一系列针对痴呆症患者的未来工作举措，我们在这些举措中使用设计作为一种良性的颠覆力量，以确保任何被诊断为痴呆症的人都能行使其工作权利，从事富有成效和有回报的就业。
