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Caring for Japanese-American Elderly
From: Columbia University
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Tazuko Shibusawa |
EDITOR'S INTRODUCTION |
In a culture in which adult children are expected to care for their elderly parents, seeking care from paid outsiders is a new and alien concept. How do Asian-American elders feel about receiving care from non-family, including people from different cultural and linguistic backgrounds?
Tazuko Shibusawa, assistant professor of social work at Columbia University, conducted a study with a group of Japanese-American elderly people in Los Angeles. She found that acculturation was an important predictor for help-seeking. Older adults who are less acculturated are reluctant to seek help from someone of a different ethnic and linguistic background. |
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Tazuko Shibusawa describes help-seeking attitudes among Japanese-American older adults. |
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