Age Through Ethnic Lenses Book

	Foreword
	Introduction
1	Multiculturalism and Long-Term Care: The Aged and Their Caregivers	1
2	The Chinese Elderly: Values and Issues in Receiving Adequate Care	17
3	Japanese American Elderly	33
4	Intimacy at a Distance, Korean American Style: Invited Korean Elderly and Their Married Children	45
5	Caring for Elderly Vietnamese Americans	59
6	Care Options for Older Mexican Americans: Issues Affecting Health and Long-Term Care Service Needs	71
7	Puerto Rican Elderly	86
8	Urban Elderly African Americans	95
9	Diasporic Aging: Haitian Americans in New York City	103
10	American Indian and Alaska Native Elderly	113
11	Mormon Elderly	123
12	Mutual Aid and Elders in Amish Society	134
13	Jewish Aged: Diversity in Need and Care Solutions	145
14	Growing Old in an Arab American Family	160
15	Aging in Polonia: Polish and Polish American Elderly	171
16	Irish American Care of the Aged	185
17	The Status of Older People in the Italian American Family	197
18	The Interplay of Aging and Ethnicity: Filial Responsibility and Greek Americans	206
19	Caring for Gay and Lesbian Elderly	217
20	Gender and Long-Term Care: Women as Family Caregivers, Workers, and Recipients	230
21	Long-Term Care: The Case of the Rural Elderly	242
	References	251
	Index	287
	About the Contributors	295