Foreword, Robert L. Rubinstein
Preface
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Part One: Theoretical and Methodological Considerations in Dementia Care
1. Organic Sources, Signs, and Course of Dementia
2. Perspectives on Dementia and the Person
3. Historical Background to Dementia Caregiving and the Ethnographic Research Methodology
4. The Research Setting and the Residents
Part Two: Ethnographic Case Studies and Analyses
5. Historical and Cultural Context of Caregiving in Snow 1: Three Case Studies
6. Historical and Cultural Context of Caregiving in Snow 2: Three Case Studies
7. Comparing Caregiving of Snow 1 with Snow 2
8. Conclusions and Recommendations for Future Dementia Caregiving
Part Three: Looking Ahead in Dementia Care
9. External Barriers to Quality Dementia Care
10. Conclusion: Toward a New Vision of Dementia Care
Appendix A: Linking Neuropathology to Specific Diseases
Appendix B: Dementia as a Demographic Problem: Social and Policy Implications
Appendix C: Contributions of Previous Ethnographic Studies to Nursing Home Research
Appendix D: This Ethnography as a Journey
Appendix E: Methodological Details
Works Cited and Recommended Reading
Index
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