Description
| Product ID: | 9781789209099 |
| Product Form: | Hardback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Series: | Life Course, Culture and Aging: Global Transformations |
| Title: | Preventing Dementia? |
| Subtitle: | Critical Perspectives on a New Paradigm of Preparing for Old Age |
| Authors: | Author: Annette Leibing, Silke Schicktanz |
| Page Count: | 268 |
| Subjects: | Social and cultural anthropology, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Maturation and ageing, Alzheimer’s and dementia, Human biology, Maturation & ageing, Alzheimer’s & dementia, Medical anthropology |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating The conceptualization of dementia has changed dramatically in recent years with the claim that, through early detection and by controlling several risk factors, a prevention of dementia is possible. This volume looks at how this new conceptualization ignores many of the factors which influence a dementia sufferers’ prognosis. The conceptualization of dementia has changed dramatically in recent years with the claim that, through early detection and by controlling several risk factors, a prevention of dementia is possible. Although encouraging and providing hope against this feared condition, this claim is open to scrutiny. This volume looks at how this new conceptualization ignores many of the factors which influence a dementia sufferers’ prognosis, including their history with education, food and exercise as well as their living in different epistemic cultures. The central aim is to question the concept of prevention and analyze its impact on aging people and aging societies. |
| Imprint Name: | Berghahn Books |
| Publisher Name: | Berghahn Books |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2020-10-06 |
