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Who will care for us?
— aging and long-term care in multicultural America | | Author(s) | Ronald J Angel, Jacqueline L Angel |
| Publisher | New York University Press, New York, 1997 |
| Pages | 234 pp |
| Source | New York University Press, 70 Washington Square South, New York, NY 10012-1091, USA. |
| Keywords | Ethnic groups ; Health [elderly] ; Pensions ; Health insurance ; Living patterns ; Family care ; Organisation of care ; Long term ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | The authors examine the great racial and ethnic diversity among older people in the contemporary United States in terms of living arrangements, well-being, and reliance on formal and family based sources of support. Their aim is to assess levels of need for long-term care among blacks, Hispanics and non-Hispanic whites, and to examine possible alternatives to institutionalisation. They explore the possibility of a long-term care policy that optimises choice in living arrangements and makes the best use of community support systems, controlling costs at the same time. In their opinion, a formal support system that offers assistance to the family in caring for an older relative is preferable to one which either provides inadequate services or forces an infirm older person into a nursing home. |
| Accession Number | CPA-970729216 B |
| Classmark | TK: CC: JJ: WPG: K7: P6:SJ: P: 4Q: 7T |
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