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Making the case for culturally appropriate community services — Puerto Rican elders and their caregivers
Author(s)	Melvin Delgado, Sharon Tennstedt
Journal title	Health and Social Work, vol 22, no 4, November 1997
Pages	pp 246-255
Keywords	Ethnic groups ; Physical disabilities ; Informal care ; Services ; Domiciliary services ; Social surveys ; United States of America.
Annotation	This study of the caregiving arrangements of 214 disabled Puerto Rican elders in Springfield, Massachusetts, a large city in the northeast US, found that the recipients of care were severely disabled, particularly in instrumental activities of daily living. Yet they had limited sources of informal care and made very little use of formal services. The authors consider the factors associated with amounts of care provided, and factors associated with the use of formal community services. They discuss the need to use a structural adaptation approach, and for social services to be developed that are culturally sensitive and acceptable to both elders and caregivers. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-980428208 A
Classmark	TK: BN: P6: I: N: 3F: 7T *
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