Feminized care in the Rio de la Plata experiences of Alzheimer's
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https://doi.org/10.23925/2176-901X.2020v23i4p231-249Keywords:
Alzheimer, Care, Genders and inequalities.Abstract
The article produces a dialogue between research carried out in Uruguay and Argentina on the feminized forms that organize care related to people diagnosed with Alzheimer's and other dementias. A reflective process is proposed from two countries with aging populations, with state action processes with variable intensities. Delving into the unfolding gender relations, and carefully observing the consequently associated expressions of inequality, is a necessary exercise. The distribution of tasks, the assessment of bodily functions and social patterns that organize the ways in which subjects experience being - being, must be included in Alzheimer's ways of thinking. Finally, it is analyzed how feminization is expressed in three dimensions: in the configuration of aging populations, that is, with the presence of a greater number of women as age advances; in the massive presence of women in the professions associated with care and in the intrafamily assumption of care or supervision tasks. Meanwhile, Alzheimer's is also feminized, in at least three instances: that of the subject, that of family ties, and that of care relationships. Keywords: Alzheimer; Care; Genders and inequalities.Downloads
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2020-12-30
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Muletaber, S. S., & Danel, P. M. (2020). Feminized care in the Rio de la Plata experiences of Alzheimer’s. Revista Kairós-Gerontologia, 23(4), 231–249. https://doi.org/10.23925/2176-901X.2020v23i4p231-249
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