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Long-term care and ethnicity Ada C. Mui, Namkee G. Choi, and Abraham Monk
Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Closed Stacks HV1465.M84 1998
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Mui, Ada C., 1949-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Older Hispanic Americans--Long-term care.
- Older Hispanic Americans.
- Frail older people--Long-term care--United States.
- Frail older people.
- Aged--United States.
- Long-Term Care--United States.
- Cross-Cultural Comparison--United States.
- Frail Elderly--United States.
- Minority Groups--United States.
- Older African Americans--Long-term care.
- Older African Americans.
- Medical Subjects:
- Aged--United States.
- Long-Term Care--United States.
- Cross-Cultural Comparison--United States.
- Frail Elderly--United States.
- Minority Groups--United States.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 216 p. ; 25 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Westport, Conn : Auburn House, 1998.
- Contents:
- Data sources and profiles of the samples
- Psychological symptomatology among African American, Hispanic, and white frail elders
- Perceived health, financial strain, and psychological distress among Mexican American, Cuban American, and Puerto Rican elders
- Determinants of applications for nursing home placement: a national perspective
- Determinants of applications for nursing home placement among frail African American and white elders
- Utilization of in-home and community-based services among white, African American, and Hispanic elders
- Use of in-home and community-based services among Mexican American, Cuban American, and Puerto Rican elders
- Living arrangements and utilization of formal services
- Ethnicity, information caregiving, and caregiver burden
- Conclusion: Practice and policy implications.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- The Balch Institute Library and Archives
- ISBN:
- 0865692327 (alk. paper)
- OCLC:
- 38281347
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