imagine yourself in advanced age, forced to depend on others for all your basic needs. What would you want to retain of your personal life?
Athena McLean is Professor of Anthropology at Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant, Michigan. She has written numerous articles on aging, dementia, and community mental health.
Foreword, Robert L. Rubinstein
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Preface
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Acknowledgements
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Introduction
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Part One: Theoretical and Methodological Considerations in Dementia Care
Chapter One: Organic Sources, Signs, and Course of Dementia
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Chapter Two: Perspectives on Dementia and the Person
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Chapter Three: Historical Background to Dementia Caregiving and the Ethnographic Research Methodology
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Chapter Four: The Research Setting and the Residents
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Part Two: Ethnographic Case Studies and Analyses
Chapter Five: Historical and Cultural Context of Caregiving in Snow 1: Three Case Studies
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Chapter Six: Historical and Cultural Context of Caregiving in Snow 2: Three Case Studies
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Chapter Seven: Comparing Caregiving of Snow 1 with Snow 2
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Chapter Eight: Conclusions and Recommendations for Future Dementia Caregiving
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Part Three: Looking Ahead in Dementia Care
Chapter Nine: External Barriers to Quality Dementia Care
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Chapter Ten: Conclusion: Toward a New Vision of Dementia Care
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Appendix A: Linking Neuropathology to Specific Diseases
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Appendix B: Dementia as a Demographic Problem: Social and Policy Implications
261
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Appendix C: Contributions of Previous Ethnographic Studies to Nursing Home Research
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Appendix D: This Ethnography as a Journey
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Appendix E: Methodological Details
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Works Cited and Recommended Reading
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Index
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