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Caring for our elders : multicultural experiences with nursing home placement / Patricia J. Kolb.
LIBRA RC954.3 .K65 2003
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kolb, Patricia J.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Older people--Nursing home care--United States.
- Older people.
- Minority older people--Nursing home care--United States.
- Minority older people.
- Nursing home care.
- United States.
- Caregivers.
- Physical Description:
- x, 191 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Columbia University Press, [2003]
- Summary:
- Almost 40 percent of American adults age sixty-five and over spend some time in a nursing home, and the use of nursing homes among all ethnic groups is increasing dramatically every year. The decision to place a family member in a nursing home is always difficult, more so when the family comes from an ethnic group with a strong tradition of filial responsibility. Yet little has been written about the stresses that families experiences in making such a decision. This book describes the experiences of seventy-five African American and Afro-Caribbean, white Jewish, and Latina/o residents and offers personal accounts of relatives and friends who have been caregivers. Integrating largely qualitative original research with quantitative data and theoretical information from other sources, the author presents a new perspective on how caregiving varies across diverse ethnic backgrounds and dispels numerous myths about how various ethnic groups handle nursing home placement.
- Contents:
- Chapter 1 The Need for Nursing Home Placement 7
- Chapter 2 Research Studies About Caregiving by Family and Friends 25
- Chapter 3 Earlier Years: Life Within Families and Communities 46
- Chapter 4 Changing Health, Changing Relationships 69
- Chapter 5 The Placement Process: Decisions and Transitions 80
- Chapter 6 Settling In: Adjusting to the Changes 104
- Chapter 7 Continuing to Care for Relatives in the Nursing Home 121
- Chapter 8 Who Helps Residents and Their Relatives? 134.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [171]-183) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0231114583
- 0231114591
- OCLC:
- 51534959
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