Gender, widowhood, and long-term care in the older mexican american population

Journal of Women and Aging

Volumn 15, Issue 2-3, 2003, Pages 89-105

  Angel, Jacqueline L ^a   Douglas, Nora ^a   Angel, Ronald J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Long term care; Medicaid use; Mexican American; Nursing home; Widowers; Widows

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EMOTION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; GERIATRIC CARE; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; INSTRUMENTATION; LONG TERM CARE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; NURSING HOME; POPULATION RESEARCH; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLE; SENESCENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; WELFARE; WIDOW;

AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONG-TERM CARE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MEXICAN AMERICANS; SEX FACTORS; UNITED STATES; WIDOWHOOD;

EID: 0242405732     PISSN: 08952841     EISSN: 15407322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J074v15n02_06     Document Type: Article

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