Age through Ethnic Lenses (eBook, PDF)

Caring for the Elderly in a Multicultural Society
Redaktion: Olson, Laura Katz

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 352
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. Juli 2001
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9798216320159
• Artikelnr.: 75141852

Autorenporträt

Laura Katz Olson is professor of political science at Lehigh University.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 Introduction: Multi-Culturalism and Long-term Care: The Aged and
their Caregivers
Part 2 Asian Americans
Chapter 3 The Chinese Elderly: Values and Issues in Receiving Adequate Care
Chapter 4 Japanese American Elderly
Chapter 5 Intimacy at a Distance, Korean-American Style: The Invited Korean
Elderly and their Married Children in the United States
Chapter 6 Caring for Elderly Vietnamese Americans
Part 7 Latino Americans
Chapter 8 Care Options for Older Mexican Americans: Issues Impacting Health
and Long-term Care Service Needs
Chapter 9 Puerto Rican Elderly
Part 10 Elderly of African Descent
Chapter 11 Urban African American Elderly
Chapter 12 Diasporic Aging: Haitian-Americans in New York City
Part 13 Native Americans
Chapter 14 American Indian and Alaskan Native Elderly
Part 15 Socio-Religious Groups
Chapter 16 Mormon Elderly
Chapter 17 Mutual Aid and Elders in Amish Society
Chapter 18 Jewish Aged: Diversity in Need and Care Solutions
Chapter 19 Growing Old in an Arab-American Family
Part 20 Elderly of European Origin
Chapter 21 Aging in Polonia: Polish and Polish american Elderly
Chapter 22 Irish-American Care of the Aged
Chapter 23 The Status of Older People in the Italian American Family
Chapter 24 The Interplay of Aging and Ethnicity: Filial Responsibility and
Greek Americans
Part 25 Gender and Sexual Orientation
Chapter 26 Caring for Gay and Lesbian Elderly
Chapter 27 Gender and Long-term Care: Women as Family Care Givers, Workers,
and Recipients
Part 28 Rural Elderly
Chapter 29 Long Term Care: The Case of the Rural Elderly
Chapter 30 Index
Chapter 31 About the Contributors