"Waves" of Asian Indian elderly immigrants: What can practitioners learn?

Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 389-404

  Nandan, Monica ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptation of immigrants; Asian Indian elderly immigrants; Experiences following migration

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; INDIA; LIFESTYLE; MIGRATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ACCULTURATION; AGED; ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; ASIAN AMERICANS; CULTURE; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FAMILY; HUMANS; INDIA; LIFE STYLE; SOCIAL VALUES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 35148823965     PISSN: 01693816     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10823-007-9042-6     Document Type: Article

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