Age through Ethnic Lenses

Laura Katz Olson is professor of political science at Lehigh University.

• Chapter 1 Introduction: Multi-Culturalism and Long-term Care: The Aged and their CaregiversPart 2 Asian AmericansChapter 3 The Chinese Elderly: Values and Issues in Receiving Adequate CareChapter 4 Japanese American ElderlyChapter 5 Intimacy at a Distance, Korean-American Style: The Invited Korean Elderly and their Married Children in the United StatesChapter 6 Caring for Elderly Vietnamese AmericansPart 7 Latino AmericansChapter 8 Care Options for Older Mexican Americans: Issues Impacting Health and Long-term Care Service NeedsChapter 9 Puerto Rican ElderlyPart 10 Elderly of African DescentChapter 11 Urban African American ElderlyChapter 12 Diasporic Aging: Haitian-Americans in New York CityPart 13 Native AmericansChapter 14 American Indian and Alaskan Native ElderlyPart 15 Socio-Religious GroupsChapter 16 Mormon ElderlyChapter 17 Mutual Aid and Elders in Amish SocietyChapter 18 Jewish Aged: Diversity in Need and Care SolutionsChapter 19 Growing Old in an Arab-American FamilyPart 20 Elderly of European OriginChapter 21 Aging in Polonia: Polish and Polish american ElderlyChapter 22 Irish-American Care of the AgedChapter 23 The Status of Older People in the Italian American FamilyChapter 24 The Interplay of Aging and Ethnicity: Filial Responsibility and Greek AmericansPart 25 Gender and Sexual OrientationChapter 26 Caring for Gay and Lesbian ElderlyChapter 27 Gender and Long-term Care: Women as Family Care Givers, Workers, and RecipientsPart 28 Rural ElderlyChapter 29 Long Term Care: The Case of the Rural ElderlyChapter 30 IndexChapter 31 About the Contributors

A valuable resource for gerontological researchers and practitioners alike, for it is truly multicultural and contains a wealth of information and well thought out public policy considerations.