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invisible caregivers.

The text explores the emotional burden and social invisibility of caring for elderly people with dementia, drawing on the author’s personal experiences with her grandparents. It questions why care work is undervalued, poorly recognized, and excluded from conventional measures of economic productivity. The author argues that this devaluation is rooted in the historical association of care work with women. Drawing on Silvia Federici’s Caliban and the Witch, the text examines how the separation of mind and body contributed to the marginalization of women’s bodily knowledge and caregiving skills. Ultimately, it calls for greater recognition of care as essential, demanding work that deserves social value and a more equitable distribution.