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The meaning of community-based care for frail Mexican American elders. |
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International Social Work, 54(3), May 2011, pp.388-403. |
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0020-8728 |
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In the United States, the Hispanic population now accounts for over 15% of the total population. While 37% of non-institutionalised individuals aged 65 and over, have a disability, the rates for Mexican-origin individuals are 44%. This qualitative case study integrated in-depth interviewing and participant observation to identify how a theoretically sampled collection of frail Mexican American elders socially constructed the meaning of community-based care they received. Findings indicated significant variance in how Mexican American cultural identity systems attribute meaning to the eldercare context. The strong intertwined presence of cultural themes involving Latino/Hispanic familism, gender identity constructs, and religious belief systems demonstrated the importance for service providers to take minority cultures into consideration in the development of more consumer-directed older people policies and programmes. Participants also reported high levels of satisfaction in sharing their views, indicating practitioners should advocate for families to encourage older relatives to share their stories in order to promote intergenerational learning. |
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disabled people; Hispanic people; social care provision; user views; very old people; |
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www.scie-socialcareonline.org.uk/profile.asp?guid=a3edcc30-2668-41f2-914c-f09db33cf7a1 |
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