Feminized care in the Rio de la Plata experiences of Alzheimer's

Authors

  • Sandra Sande Muletaber Sandra Sande Muletaber - Dra. en Ciencias Sociales con especialidad en Trabajo Social (Udelar). Investigadora de la ANNI, docente DT de la Lic. en Trabajo Social de la Facultad de Ciencias Sociales, FCS, de UDELAR, Uruguay. Correo: sandrasande@hotmail.com
  • Paula Mara Danel Dra. en Trabajo Social, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, UNLP. Investigadora Adjunta del Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET/ Ministério de Ciência, Tecnologia e Inovação Produtiva da Argentina), con lugar de trabajo en el Instituto de Estudios de Trabajo Social y Sociedad (IETSyS) de la Facultad de Trabajo Social de la UNLP, Argentina. URL: https://conicet-ar.academia.edu/PaulaMaraDanel

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.23925/2176-901X.2020v23i4p231-249

Keywords:

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.

Author Biographies

Sandra Sande Muletaber, Sandra Sande Muletaber - Dra. en Ciencias Sociales con especialidad en Trabajo Social (Udelar). Investigadora de la ANNI, docente DT de la Lic. en Trabajo Social de la Facultad de Ciencias Sociales, FCS, de UDELAR, Uruguay. Correo: sandrasande@hotmail.com

Dra. en Ciencias Sociales con especialidad en Trabajo Social (Udelar). Investigadora de la ANNI, docente DT de la Lic. en Trabajo Social de la Facultad de Ciencias Sociales, FCS, de UDELAR, Uruguay.

Paula Mara Danel, Dra. en Trabajo Social, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, UNLP. Investigadora Adjunta del Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET/ Ministério de Ciência, Tecnologia e Inovação Produtiva da Argentina), con lugar de trabajo en el Instituto de Estudios de Trabajo Social y Sociedad (IETSyS) de la Facultad de Trabajo Social de la UNLP, Argentina. URL: https://conicet-ar.academia.edu/PaulaMaraDanel

Paula Mara Danel – Dra. en Trabajo Social, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, UNLP. Investigadora Adjunta del Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET/ Ministério de Ciência, Tecnologia e Inovação Produtiva da Argentina), con lugar de trabajo en el Instituto de Estudios de Trabajo Social y Sociedad (IETSyS) de la Facultad de Trabajo Social de la UNLP, Argentina.

URL: https://conicet-ar.academia.edu/PaulaMaraDanel

 

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Published

2020-12-30

How to Cite

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

Issue

Vol. 23 No. 4 (2020)

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Papers

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