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Understanding Dementia: A Social Science Perspective by Jovana Ognenovska Bakalovska is a document available to read on EtoBox.
This chapter provides an overview of three approaches to understanding dementia: biomedical, social-psychological, and social-gerontological. 1) Biomedical approaches view dementia as a progressive decline in cognitive and functional abilities. 2) Social-psychological approaches focus on preserving the personhood and identity of those with dementia. 3) Social-gerontological work examines how aging and older adults are viewed in society and questions assumptions about dementia. The chapter establishes the
- Author
- Jovana Ognenovska Bakalovska
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- EN