Hard lives, god's help, and struggling through: Caregiving in Arkansas delta

Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 355-374

  Gerdner, Linda A ^a   Tripp Reimer, Toni ^b,c   Simpson, Helen C ^d  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA COLLEGE OF NURSING   (United States)

^c Desert Pacific Healthcare Network   (United States)

^d Community Liaison ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

African American caregivers; Arkansas Delta; Chronic confusion; Dementia; Ethnographic research; Prayer; Religion; Representations of illness; Spirituality

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CONFUSION; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FEMALE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RELIGION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; ARKANSAS; CAREGIVERS; CONFUSION; FEMALE; HOME NURSING; HUMANS; MALE; RELIGION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPIRITUALITY; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 35148836037     PISSN: 01693816     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10823-007-9047-1     Document Type: Article

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