Cultural attitudes and caregiver service use lessons from focus groups with racially and ethnically diverse family caregivers

Journal of Gerontological Social Work

Volumn 47, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 133-156

  Scharlach, Andrew E ^a   Kellam, Roxanne ^a   Ong, Natasha ^a   Baskin, Aeran ^a   Goldstein, Cara ^a   Fox, Patrick J ^b  

^a University of California at Berkeley   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cultural diversity; Family caregiving; Focus groups; Service use

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAREGIVER; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; ASIAN AMERICANS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAREGIVERS; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CULTURE; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HOME NURSING; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33747190573     PISSN: 01634372     EISSN: 15404048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J083v47n01_09     Document Type: Article

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