Listening to the Voices of Native Hawaiian Elders and 'Ohana Caregivers: Discussions on Aging, Health, and Care Preferences

Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 131-151

  Browne, Colette V ^a   Mokuau, Noreen ^a   Ka'opua, Lana S ^a   Kim, Bum Jung ^a   Higuchi, Paula ^a   Braun, Kathryn L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Health and long term care; Indigenous elders and caregivers; Native Hawaiians; Racial ethnic elders

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAREGIVER; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; HOME CARE; HUMAN; MALE; PERCEPTION; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; SELF CONCEPT; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAREGIVERS; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HAWAII; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH STATUS; HOME NURSING; HUMANS; MALE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84900516712     PISSN: 01693816     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10823-014-9227-8     Document Type: Article

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