Age through Ethnic Lenses: Caring for the Elderly in a Multicultural Society: Donald E. Gelfand: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Age through Ethnic Lenses

Caring for the Elderly in a Multicultural Society

Textbook

Age through Ethnic Lenses

Caring for the Elderly in a Multicultural Society

Textbook

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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.

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

Product details

Published	11 Jul 2001
Format	Ebook (Epub & Mobi)
Edition	1st
Extent	352
ISBN	9780742569638
Imprint	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Publisher	Bloomsbury Publishing

Anthology Editor

Laura Katz Olson

Contributor

Celia Berdes

Contributor

Bruce L. Campbell

Contributor

Jacalyn A. Claes

Contributor

Chrysie M. Constantakos

Contributor

Peggy Dilworth-Anderson

Contributor

Barbara C. Du Bois

Contributor

Mary Patrice Erdmans

Contributor

Hani Fakhouri

Contributor

Patricia J. Fanning

Contributor

Zev Harel

Contributor

Colleen L. Johnson

Contributor

Kwang Chung Kim

Contributor

Shin Kim

Contributor

Harry H. L. Kitano

Contributor

Michel S. Laguerre

Contributor

James E. Lubben

Contributor

Wayne R. Moore

Contributor

Dung Ngo

Contributor

Laura Katz Olson

Contributor

Mona Polacca

Contributor

Carmen Delia Sanchez

Contributor

Jean Pearson Scott

Contributor

Tazuko Shibusawa

Contributor

E Percil Stanford

Contributor

Tricia H. Sung

Contributor

Thanh V. Tran

Contributor

Ishan Canty Williams

Contributor

Sharon Wallace Williams

Contributor

Morrison G. Wong

Contributor

Carol H. Yavno

Contributor

Lee J. Zook

Foreword

Donald E. Gelfand

A valuable resource for gerontological researchers and practitioners alike, for it is truly multicultural and contains a wealth of information and well thought out public policy considerations.

Choice Reviews
This book is a valuable resource for academicians, researchers, and service professionals, and policy-makers. It provides insights and perspectives that take us away from viewing ageing and elderly care in monolithic or homogenous ways.

Essie Manuel Rutledge, Western Illinois University
Recommended to all those readers who are interested in learning more about other cultures but may not know where to begin.

Journal Of Gerontological Social Work
The editor and her colleagues offer us a book of the new millennium in which the United States has clearly become a mosaic of diverse cultures and a country with major immigrant inflows. This early in the twenty-first century it is hard to predict how all aspects of American culture, including attitudes and care provided to older persons, will be affected by these new, diverse ethnic cultures. Thankfully, Age through Ethnic Lenses increases our consciousness of the current requirements of these groups and possible programs and policies to meet them.

Donald E. Gelfand, Wayne State University