| Description |
1 online resource (239 pages). |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Life Course, Culture and Aging: Global Transformations ; v. 2
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Life course, culture and aging ; v. 2.
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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. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Senile dementia -- Patients -- Care -- India.
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Senile dementia -- Patients -- Care. |
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India. |
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Senile dementia. |
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Senile dementia -- Patients -- Family relationships -- India.
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Senile dementia -- Patients. |
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Families. |
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Caregivers -- India.
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Caregivers. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Brijnath, Bianca. Unforgotten. New York, NY : Berghahn Books, 2014 9781782383550 |
| ISBN |
9781782383550 (electronic book) |
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1782383557 (electronic book) |
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9781782383543 (hardback) |
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