Dementia: Trauma and loss of personhood vs Family as recuperative space

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dc.contributor.authorAgarwal, Sen_US
dc.contributor.authorJhajharia, Sen_US
dc.date.accessioned2023-08-09T06:41:01Z
dc.date.available2023-08-09T06:41:01Z
dc.date.issued2022-06
dc.description.abstractThe paper looks at the exploration in three Indian novels in English, of the hitherto glorified Indian family through the paradigm of dementia, examines the strained space called “home” in the shadow of dementia, and its transformation into a recuperative space with the help of support systems other than immediate family members. These three recent texts in Indian writing in English have discussed this crippling condition; which earlier authors shied away from. Anuradha Roy’s The Folded Earth (2012), Ranjit Lal’s Our Nana was a Nutcase (2015), and Pankaj Varma’s Silver Haze (2014), focus on the life-changing effects of the deadly disease dementia. These literary texts opt for a non-medical approach through which the person suffering dementia is depicted, rather than dementia itself. The family becomes a narrative prism through which to view the changing equations in relationships, the erosion of the family structure, instead of the specific medical condition. In conclusion, one could say that families become the recuperative space for patients rather than medical facilities for long term care. These Indian writers in English do not focus much on the medicalisation of dementia or geriatric health issues. They do mention medical treatments, but the spotlight is on the family, not on clinical viewpoints or medical approaches. Key words: Dementia, disorientation, trauma, deterioration, family space, caregivers.en_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsPhD Scholar, School of Liberal Arts & Sciences, Mody University, Lakshmangarh, Sikar. Rajasthan, INDIAen_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsAssistant Professor, School of Liberal Arts and S ciences, Mody University, Lakshmangarh, Sikar. Rajasthan, 332 311 INDIAen_US
dc.identifier.citationAgarwal S, Jhajharia S. Dementia: Trauma and loss of personhood vs Family as recuperative space. Indian Journal of Medical Ethics. 2022 Jun; 7(2): 114-118en_US
dc.identifier.issn0975-5691
dc.identifier.issn0974-8466
dc.identifier.placeIndiaen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://imsear.searo.who.int/handle/123456789/222656
dc.languageenen_US
dc.publisherFORUM FOR MEDICAL ETHICS SOCIETYen_US
dc.relation.issuenumber2en_US
dc.relation.volume7en_US
dc.source.urihttps://doi.org/10.20529/IJME.2021.059en_US
dc.subjectDementiaen_US
dc.subjectdisorientationen_US
dc.subjecttraumaen_US
dc.subjectdeteriorationen_US
dc.subjectfamily spaceen_US
dc.subjectcaregivers.en_US
dc.titleDementia: Trauma and loss of personhood vs Family as recuperative spaceen_US
dc.typeJournal Articleen_US
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