Unforgotten

Love and the Culture of Dementia Care in India
1. Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-1-78238-354-3
Verlag: Berghahn Books

Buch, Englisch, Band 2, 240 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 504 g

Reihe: Life Course, Culture and Aging: Global Transformations

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Brijnath, Bianca

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Pflege Krankenpflege
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Klinische und Innere Medizin Alzheimer und Demenz

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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

Über Autor(innen)

Brijnath, Bianca
Bianca Brijnath is a NHMRC Early Career Fellow in the Department of General Practice, Monash University, Australia. She is a researcher in medical anthropology, public health and primary health care. Her areas of interest include cross-cultural meanings of mental health and care and her field sites include India and Australia.

Bianca Brijnath is a NHMRC Early Career Fellow in the Department of General Practice, Monash University, Australia. She is a researcher in medical anthropology, public health and primary health care. Her areas of interest include cross-cultural meanings of mental health and care and her field sites include India and Australia.