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The role of ethnicity and religion in the social support system of older Dutch Canadians
Author(s)	Joanne van Dijk
Journal title	Canadian Journal on Aging, vol 23, no 1, Spring 2004
Pages	pp 21-34
Source	http://www.utpjournals.com
Keywords	Immigrants ; Netherlands ; Protestant Church ; Roman Catholicism ; Informal care ; Care homes ; Nursing homes ; Social surveys ; Canada.
Annotation	Ethnic and religious differences influence the kind of support available to older Dutch Canadians. This paper focuses on the role of religion and ethnicity in providing support for older Dutch Canadian Catholic and Calvinist parents, and in establishing ethno-religious retirement and long-term care facilities. The data come from a 1995 survey of 79 older Dutch Canadian immigrants and their adult children (n=364) examining intra-ethnic differences in ethnic persistence and parent care. Continuity theory provides a theoretical framework for this study. In the past few decades, second generation Dutch Calvinist immigrants have been busy establishing retirement and long-term care facilities to look after the needs of the older Calvinist generation. In contrast, Dutch Catholic immigrants have established very few retirement and nursing homes for their older members. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-040511203 A
Classmark	TJ: 76H: TSD: TSA: P6: KW: LHB: 3F: 7S
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