Caregiving Daughters: Accepting the Role of Caregiver for Elderly Parents

by Briggs,Rick

• ISBN13: 9780815330271
• ISBN10: 0815330278
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1998-02-01
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

This collection will present works that offer illuminating perspectives on the remarkably diverse Asian American populations of the United States. As a population that is neither black nor white, the range of experiences of these groups, many of whom arrived as refugees, presents other perspectives on the cultural mosaic that constitutes the United States. Studies of Asian Americans sheds light on issues related to immigration, refugee policy, transnationalism, return migration, cultural citizenship, ethnic communities, community building, identity and group formation, panethnicity, race relations, gender and class, entrepreneurship, employment, representation, politics, adaptation, and acculturation. The writings in this collection are drawn from a wide variety of disciplines to provide a broad and informative array of insights on these fascinating and diverse populations.

Examines reasons behind decisions

It has been assumed in this society that women can, should, and always will provide care for our elderly. While historically, they have assumed the lion

Table of Contents

Chapter I: Introduction	3	(4)
Statement of the Problem	4	(1)
Purpose of the Study	4	(1)
Research Question	5	(1)
Importance of the Research Question	5	(2)
Chapter II: Review of Literature	7	(38)
Dementia	7	(16)
Family Caregivers	23	(20)
Summary	43	(2)
Chapter III: Methods	45	(12)
Setting	45	(1)
Sample	46	(1)
Original Design	47	(2)
Instrument	49	(1)
Original Plan for Analysis of Data	50	(1)
Revised Methodology	50	(7)
Chapter IV: Results	57	(48)
Categories	59	(1)
Factors	60	(42)
Summary	102	(3)
Chapter V: Discussion	105	(30)
Patterns	105	(10)
Theoretical Framework	115	(13)
Potential Impact of the Study	128	(2)
Implications of the Findings	130	(2)
Limitations of the Study	132	(1)
Implications for Further Research	132	(1)
Conclusion	133	(2)
References	135	(8)
Appendices	143	(26)
Index	169