Chapter 1. Occupy Alzheimer's! Setting the Scene for Resistance -- Chapter 2. Alzheimer's and the Neoliberal Turn: "Politics of Anguish," Visions of a Cure -- Chapter 3 -- Alzheimer's Today: Inconvenient Truths in the Marketplace of Memory -- Chapter 4 -- Treating Populations: Collectively Strengthening the Brain Health of the Many, Not the Few -- Chapter 5 -- Flint Still Doesn't Have Clean Water: What the Lead-Poisoning Tragedy in Michigan Means for Alzheimer's -- Chapter 6 -- #PoorLivesMatter: Fighting Poverty to Resist Alzheimer's -- Chapter 7 -- Turning up the Heat on Global Warming: The Neurologic Costs of Climate Change -- Chapter 8 -- Occupy the Nursing Home! Breaking Down Walls and Breaking Out 'Socialceuticals' -- Chapter 9 -- A Bridge beyond Loneliness: The Gathering Momentum of Age- and Dementia-Friendly Communities -- Chapter 10 -- The Intergenerational Schools: Desegregating and Revaluing the Cognitively Frail.
Summary
"The authors argue for a strong connection between public health and social policies that have boosted access to education; quality health care; cleaner air, soil, and water; and a reduction in Alzheimer's disease and dementia. They question the assumption of many that developing a pharmaceutical cure is the best hope for addressing Alzheimer's"-- Provided by publisher
