Patterns of Caregiving of Cuban, Other Hispanic, Caribbean Black, and White Elders in South Florida

Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 137-152

  Friedemann, Marie Luise ^a   Buckwalter, Kathleen C ^b   Newman, Frederick L ^a   Mauro, Ana C ^a  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Caribbean Black; Cuban; Culture; Ethnic differences; Family caregiving; Family growth; Family stability; Hispanic

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CAUCASIAN; CENTRAL AMERICA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CUBA; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HISPANIC; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUP; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEGRO; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; CAREGIVERS; CARIBBEAN REGION; CUBA; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FAMILY; FEMALE; FLORIDA; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HOME NURSING; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUPS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84878176024     PISSN: 01693816     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10823-013-9193-6     Document Type: Article

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