02938nam 2200625 450 991046468510332120200520144314.01-78238-355-7(CKB)3710000000128736(EBL)1420459(SSID)ssj0001228637(PQKBManifestationID)12422782(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001228637(PQKBWorkID)11178191(PQKB)10010374(MiAaPQ)EBC1420459(Au-PeEL)EBL1420459(CaPaEBR)ebr10883306(CaONFJC)MIL623545(OCoLC)881567477(EXLCZ)99371000000012873620140626h20142014 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrUnforgotten love and the culture of dementia care in India /by Bianca BrijnathNew York :Berghahn,2014.©20141 online resource (239 p.)Life Course, Culture and Aging: Global Transformations ;Volume 2Description based upon print version of record.1-306-92294-1 1-78238-354-9 Includes bibliographical references and index.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 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 dementiLife course, culture and aging ;Volume 2.Senile dementiaPatientsCareIndiaSenile dementiaPatientsFamily relationshipsIndiaCaregiversIndiaElectronic books.Senile dementiaPatientsCareSenile dementiaPatientsFamily relationshipsCaregivers616.8/300954Brijnath Bianca998782MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910464685103321Unforgotten2291274UNINA