Navajo aging : the transition from family to institutional support / Stephen J. Kunitz, Jerrold E. Levy ; with Tracy Andrews [and others] ; photographs by Jonathan L. Bayer.
Includes bibliographical references (173-186) and index.
Contents
Introduction -- The changing contexts of aging -- Social organization, morbidity, and hospital use -- Depression -- The prevalence of diagnosed hypertension -- Mortality -- Perspectives on caring for the elderly -- Epilogue.
Summary
Studies the relationship between health status, health care utilization, and the family organization of a sample of Navajos over age sixty-five, paying special attention to the question of whether social support or the lack thereof has a measurable influence on their health status.