Enabling Dwelling: Caregiving and Familiar Object Interactions amidst Cognitive Decline in Rural South Africa

As people experience cognitive decline, they make and remake their identities in practice, including through interactions with everyday objects. Facilitating object interactions thus becomes an act of care. We present ethnographic data detailing how two women with cognitive decline, who were receivi...

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Published in:	Anthropology & aging 2025-07, Vol.46 (1), p.1-15
Main Authors:	Brear, Michelle, Nkovana, Themby, Manderson, Lenore
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Subjects:	Aging Aging in Place Belonging Caregivers Caregiving Class identity Cognition Cognitive impairment Cultural identity Dementia Ethnography Familiarity Health education Home based Home health care Home-based Care Homemakers Informal care Materiality Mental health Mental health promotion Mental health services Residential care Rural areas Rural communities Scarcity Self concept Women
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