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Ethnicity and eldercare
— comparison of attitudes toward adult care homes and care by families | | Author(s) | S Sudha, Elizabeth J Mutran |
| Journal title | Research on Aging, vol 21, no 4, July 1999 |
| Pages | pp 570-594 |
| Keywords | Black people ; White people ; Attitude ; Family care ; Nursing homes ; Care homes ; Comparison ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | Attitudes toward rest homes among older African Americans and whites and their caregivers are examined. Dislike of rest homes, preference for family care, and unwillingness to consider rest home placement are analysed by linear structural equation and logistic regression models. Results show significant ethnic differences among older people and caregivers. African Americans are stronger in their desire for family care, but dislike rest homes less than whites do. African American elders are less willing than whites to consider rest home placement; caregivers' differences are not as pronounced. Results suggest that the cultural preference for family care often attributed to ethnic differences is also partly determined by dislike of institutionalised care and social structural factors. The authors propose a theoretical framework that models attitudes toward health service use as outcomes of ethnicity and social structural factors. The results are interpreted against a backdrop of ethnic differences in historical and material conditions. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-990824241 A |
| Classmark | TKE: TKA: DP: P6:SJ: LHB: KW: 48: 7T |
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