Unforgotten : Love and the Culture of Dementia Care in India.

By:

Brijnath, Bianca

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Life course, culture and aging ; v. 2.Publication details: New York, NY : Berghahn Books, 2014.Description: 1 online resource (239 pages)Content type:

text

Media type:

computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9781782383550
1782383557

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Unforgotten.DDC classification:

616.8300954 23

LOC classification:

RC524 .B75 2014

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Contents:

Title page; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Illustrations; Acknowledgements; Notes on Transliteration; Introduction; 1. Methods and Character Buildingunforgotten; 2. The Diagnostic Process; 3. Therapeutics and Health Seeking; 4. The Economies of Care; 5. Alzheimer's and the Indian Appetite; 6. Stigma and Loneliness in Care; 7. The Journey to Silence; Conclusion 'This is the Time for Romance'; Glossary; References; Index.

Summary: 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.

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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.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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