Similarities and differences in attitudes toward long-term care between Japanese Americans and Caucasian Americans

Authors :: McCormick, Wayne C.
Ohata, Cynthia Y.
Uomoto, Jay
Young, Heather M.
Graves, Amy B.
Kukull, Walter
Teri, Linda
Vitaliano, Peter Mortimer, James A.
McCurry, Susan M.
Bowen, James D.
Larson, Eric B.
Source :: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. June, 2002, Vol. 50 Issue 6, p1149, 7 p.
Publication Year :: 2002
Abstract: Research reveals that Caucasian americans use nursing home healthcare in more numbers than Japanese Americans due to dementia and disability. Among the older Asian Americans, the Japanese Americans tend to live in nursing homes, which is influenced by longevity, work demands of younger generations, and demographics.

Subjects :: Long-term care of the sick -- Demographic aspects
Nursing homes -- Usage
Whites -- Health aspects
Asians -- Health aspects
Japanese Americans -- Health aspects
Health
Seniors

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