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 WEBSITES FOR RURAL MINORITY ELDERLYhttp://www.execpc.com/~rwhc/min.links.html The Center On Ethnic and Minority Aging, Inc. (CEMA)   IN THE NEWS For African Americans, less education and rural childhood raises Alzheimer's risk YAHOO NEWS Black Medicare patients receive inferior hospital careHealth of Native People of North America: An Annotated Mediagraphy, Part II. by Sharon A. Gray MLS, AHIP MC Journal: The Journal of Academic Media Librarianship, v6 #1 , Spring 1998 INFORMATION ABOUT ACCOMMODATION IN SERVICES FOR THE ETHNIC AGED "Looking for nursing home accommodations? How the NSW Transcultural Aged Service can help." Source for Multilingual Publications |
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  STATISTICSADMINISTRATION ON AGING Percentage of Elderly MinorityTable 4: 1992 Percentage of Age 65+ Population Who Are Minorities AMERICAN GERIATRICS SOCIETY POSITION PAPER ON ETHNOGERIATRICS Ethnic Aging and ResearchThe P&S Journal: Spring 1998, Vol.18, No.2 P & S News Urinary incontinence in nursing home residents: a cross-national comparisonA Sgadari, E Topinkova, J Bjornson and R Bernabei Istituto di Medicina Interna e Geriatria, Universita Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy. A.SGADARI@caspur.i Age and Ageing, Vol 26, 49-54, Copyright © 1997 by British Geriatrics Society CONCLUSION: "this study of different cultural approaches and strategies to evaluate and treat urinary incontinence may stimulate a public debate on the quality of care in nursing homes and promote the sharing of care practices designed to reduce urinary incontinence." Native Elder Research Center/Resource Center for Minority Aging Research The Native ElderHealth Care Resource Center http://www.uchsc.edu/sm/nehcrc/ DIVERSITY Rx!"Diversity Rx is a clearinghouse of information on how to meet the language and cultural needs of minorities, immigrants, refugees and other diverse populations seeking health care" NASW Clinical Indicators for Social Work an Psychosocial Services in Nursing Homes Approved by the NASW Board of Directors, April 1993 One Quarter Of Elderly With Cancer Given No Pain Medication "Daily pain among elderly nursing home residents with cancer is widespread and often untreated, especially among older and minority patients, according to a new five-state study." Family and Intergenerational Relationships Wayne State University INSTITUTE OF GERONTOLOGY ^ EXERCISECultural barriers to exercise amongst the ethnic elderlyMichele V. Lewis, Rebecca A. Szabo, Karen R. Weiner, Louise McCall, Leon Piterman Internet Publication: 20 August, 1997 Associate Professor L. Piterman PATHOS NETPATHOS MAGAZINEPathosNet Community and Webzine An independent, membership supported, community of health consumers exploring the journey to health and healing. (pá-thos: The quality or power in real life situations of evoking feelings of compassion.) This Web.net is in the progress of providing a community for the American health care consumer to explore the journey to health and healing! Our community will include the popular Pathos Webzine, providing articles that will educate, inspire, and motivate readers to accept nothing less than the best health care available. Members will have access to bulletin boards and chat rooms that will help them connect to others with similar health concerns. HEALING AMONG NATIONS"The Foundation for A Healing Among Nations is a spiritually based peace fellowship working collaboratively with citizens of the world to develop creative solutions to shape and enhance a higher quality of life at the local, national and international level." For more information contact: The Foundation for A Healing Among Nations PO Box 2040. Brentwood, TN 37027-2040 615-377-7741 Voice 615-376-0533 Fax LIST OF "GOOD READS" BIBLIOGRAPHIESBIBLIOGRAPHY OF RESOURCES ON HOW CULTURAL DIFFERENCES AFFECT END-OF-LIFE DECISIONS AND CARE VIDEO RESOURCESMulti-Ethnic/Cross-Cultural -Issues of Aging Video Collection |
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| Cultural Competency for Health Systems Website http://www.med.upenn.edu/~aging/diverse/index.shtmldiverse/index.html, Ethnic Communities andthe Challenge of Aging By: Kappu Desai From: Polyphony Vol.12, 1990 pp.87-92 © 1991 Multicultural History Society of Ontario |
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