Age through Ethnic Lenses Caring for the Elderly in a Multicultural Society

by Olson, Laura Katz; Gelfand, Donald E.; Berdes, Celia; Campbell, Bruce L.; Claes, Jacalyn A.; Constantakos, Chrysie M.; Dilworth-Anderson, Peggy; Du Bois, Barbara C.; Erdmans, Mary Patrice; Fakhouri, Hani; Fanning, Patricia J.; Harel, Zev; Johnson, Colleen

• ISBN13: 9780742501140
• ISBN10: 0742501140
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-07-03
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Summary

An ever-more diverse America is getting older, but American policies are not growing with the needs of our ethnic and aging society. Age Through Ethnic Lenses explores the distinct characteristics and unique social, political, economic, and cultural situations of America's aged, while highlighting the common needs and objectives among all aging Americans. With portraits of Asians, Latinos, individuals of European and African origins, Native Americans, Socio-religious groups, women, gay men and women, and the rural aged, this book broadens our perspective on the issues of long-term care, and provides a valuable guide for future public policy as we enter the twenty-first century.

Table of Contents

Foreword	xi
Donald E. Gelfand
Introduction
Multiculturalism and Long-Term Care: The Aged and Their Caregivers	1	(16)
Laura Katz Olson
ASIAN AMERICANS
The Chinese Elderly: Values and Issues in Receiving Adequate Care	17	(16)
Morrison G. Wong
Japanese American Elderly	33	(12)
Tazuko Shibusawa
James Lubben
Harry H. L. Kitano
Intimacy at a Distance, Korean American Style: Invited Korean Elderly and Their Married Children	45	(14)
Shin Kim
Kwang Chung Kim
Caring for Elderly Vietnamese Americans	59	(12)
Thanh Van Tran
Dung Ngo
Tricia H. Sung
LATINO AMERICANS
Care Options for Older Mexican Americans: Issues Affecting Health and Long-Term Care Service Needs	71	(15)
Barbara C. Du Bois
Carol H. Yavno
E. Percil Stanford
Puerto Rican Elderly	86	(9)
Carmen Delia Sanchez
ELDERLY OF AFRICAN DESCENT
Urban Elderly African Americans	95	(8)
Peggye Dilworth-Anderson
Ishan Canty Williams
Sharon Wallace Williams
Diasporic Aging: Haitian Americans in New York City	103	(10)
Michel S. Laguerre
NATIVE AMERICANS
American Indian and Alaska Native Elderly	113	(10)
Mona Polacca
SOCIORELIGIOUS GROUPS
Mormon Elderly	123	(11)
Bruce L. Campbell
Mutual Aid and Elders in Amish Society	134	(11)
Lee J. Zook
Jewish Aged: Diversity in Need and Care Solutions	145	(15)
Zev Harel
Growing Old in an Arab American Family	160	(11)
Hani Fakhouri
ELDERLY OF EUROPEAN ORIGIN
Aging in Polonia: Polish and Polish American Elderly	171	(14)
Celia Berdes
Mary Patrice Erdmans
Irish American Care of the Aged	185	(12)
Patricia J. Fanning
The Status of Older People in the Italian American Family	197	(9)
Colleen L. Johnson
The Interplay of Aging and Ethnicity: Filial Responsibility and Greek Americans	206	(11)
Chrysie M. Constantakos
SEXUAL ORIENTATION AND GENDER
Caring for Gay and Lesbian Elderly	217	(13)
Jacalyn A. Claes
Wayne R. Moore
Gender and Long-Term Care: Women as Family Caregivers, Workers, and Recipients	230	(12)
Laura Katz Olson
RURAL ELDERLY
Long-Term Care: The Case of the Rural Elderly	242	(9)
Jean Pearson Scott
References	251	(36)
Index	287	(8)
About the Contributors	295