Unforgotten : love and the culture of dementia care in India

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    • Brijnath, Bianca

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Unforgotten : love and the culture of dementia care in India

by Bianca Brijnath

(Life course, culture and aging : global transformations / general editor, Jay Sokolovsky, v. 2)

Berghahn, 2014

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [194]-216) and index

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内容説明

As life expectancy increases in India, the number of people living with dementia will also rise. Yet little is known about how people in India cope with dementia, how relationships and identities change through illness and loss. In addressing this question, this book offers a rich ethnographic account of how middle-class families in urban India care for their relatives with dementia. From the husband who wakes up at 3 am to feed his wife ice-cream to the daughters who gave up employment for seven years to care for their mother with dementia, this book illuminates the local idioms on dementia and aging, the personal experience of care-giving, the functioning of stigma in daily life, and the social and cultural barriers in accessing support.

目次

List of Illustrations List of Tables Acknowledgements Notes on Transliteration Introduction Chapter 1. Methods and Character Building Chapter 2. The Diagnostic Process Chapter 3. Therapeutics and Health Seeking Chapter 4. The Economies of Care Chapter 5. Alzheimer's and the Indian Appetite Chapter 6. Stigma and Loneliness in Care Chapter 7. The Journey to Silence Conclusion: 'This is the Time for Romance' Glossary References Index

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