Family Crisis in the Care of Elderly People with Dementia: A Psychoanalytic Perspective
EAS Journal of Psychology and Behavioural Sciences · Volume 5, Issue 2 (2023) · pp. 47–48
Abstract
<jats:p>Dementia is a degenerative disease characterized by progressive memory loss in the affected elderly person. In this sense, it represents a problem that not only affects the person who suffers from it, but also the family and caregivers. For this reason, the objective of this article is to describe from a psychoanalytic perspective how this disease significantly affects the family.</jats:p>