メモ【認知症】

　今年は、一日一本（本だったら一章）運動を。しかし、既に6日だから、マイナス5くらい？今日からで良いか。

• MacRae, Hazel, 2008, 'Making the best you can of it': living with early-stage Alzheimer's disease, Sociology of Health & illness, 30(3): 396-412.

ABSTRACT
Drawing upon data from a qualitative study of persons who are in the early stage of the condition, this paper examines the meaning of Alzheimer's disease. It contrasts the meaning of the disease as portrayed in popular culture with its meaning as interpreted by persons living with it. Findings show that persons with the illness do not necessarily accept the negative cultural meaning of the disease, nor the helpless 'victim' role in which they are generally cast. With a determination to 'make the best of it', strategies such as humour, normalisation, present-time orientation, and life review are employed to create a meaningful life.

　初期ADの人8人へのインタビュー調査をもとにした論文。ADにまつわる否定的なイメージは、実際のその病気を生きている人の意味づけに注目してみてみると間違っているよという論文。ADを生きることを意味づける適応戦略の様々が紹介されている。
　さもありなんという感じ。