Preventing Dementia? Critical Perspectives on a New Paradigm of Preparing for Old Age

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...

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Main Authors Leibing, Annette, Schicktanz, Silke
Format eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published New York, NY Berghahn Books 2020
Berghahn Books, Incorporated
Edition1
SeriesLife Course, Culture and Aging: Global Transformations
Subjects
Anthropology
Dementia
Dementia-Prevention
Health Sciences
Medicine and Nursing
MQCL4 Geriatric nursing
Nursing
Nursing and ancillary services
Nursing specialties
Social and cultural anthropology
Society and Social Sciences
Sociology and anthropology
thema EDItEUR
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Summary: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.
ISBN:9781789209099
9781789209105
1789209099
1789209102
DOI:10.2307/j.ctv29sfzcw