Description |
xii, 300 pages ; 24 cm |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [251]-286) and index. |
Contents |
Multiculturalism and long-term care : the aged and their caregivers / Laura Katz Olson -- The Chinese elderly : values and issues in receiving adequate care / Morrison G. Wong -- Japanese American elderly / Tazuko Shibusawa, James Lubben, Harry H.L. Kitano -- Intimacy at a distance, Korean American style : invited Korean elderly and their married children / Shin Kim, Kwang Chung Kim -- Caring for elderly Vietnamese Americans / Thanh Van Tran, Dung Ngo, Tricia H. Sung -- Care options for older Mexican Americans : issues affecting health and long-term care service needs / Barbara C. Du Bois, Carol H. Yavno, E. Percil Stanford -- Puerto Rican elderly / Carmen Delia Sánchez -- Urban elderly African Americans / Peggye Dilworth-Anderson, Ishan Canty Williams, Sharon Wallace Williams -- Diasporic aging : Haitian Americans in New York City / Michel S. Laguerre -- American Indian and Alaska native elderly / Mona Polacca -- Mormon elderly / Bruce L. Campbell -- Mutual aid and elders in Amish society / Lee J. Zook -- Jewish aged : diversity in need and care solutions / Zev Harel -- Growing old in an Arab American family / Hani Fakhouri -- Aging in Polonia : Polish and Polish American elderly / Celia Berdes, Mary Patrice Erdmans -- Irish American care of the aged / Patricia J. Fanning -- The status of older people in the Italian American family / Colleen L. Johnson -- The interplay of aging and ethnicity : filial responsibility and Greek Americans / Chrysie M. Constantakos -- Caring for gay and lesbian elderly / Jacalyn A. Claes, Wayne R. Moore -- Gender and long-term care : women as family caregivers, workers, and recipients / Laura Katz Olson -- Long-term care : the case of the rural elderly / Jean Pearson Scott. |
Subject |
Minority older people -- Government policy -- United States.
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Minority older people -- Long-term care -- United States.
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Older people -- Government policy -- United States.
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Older people -- Long-term care -- United States.
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Older people.
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Added Author |
Olson, Laura Katz, 1945-
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ISBN |
0742501132 alkaline paper |
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0742501140 paperback alkaline paper |
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