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| http://gerontologist.oxfordjournals.org/content/51/2/156.abstract
Choi finds that recent immigrants are less likely to have Medicare and private insurance over time; this is related to lower probabilities of having a usual source of care (an indirect relationship), though there is no direct relationship between immigrant status and having a usual source of care. |
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| http://gerontologist.oxfordjournals.org/content/51/3/310.abstract
The authors' findings indicate that greater cultural identity and engagement in traditional healing practices are related to caregiving in American Indian populations. |
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| http://www.rwjf.org/pr/product.jsp?id=52289
This special supplement presents nine articles dealing with issues relating to medical care for Hispanic-Americans |
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| http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm6012a7.htm?s_cid=mm6012a7_w%ED%AF%80%ED%B2%84, Free
This stiudy shows both the total life expectancy and the number of years without significant limitations on activity. The difference, which is the number of years of disability, is greatest for black females and least for white males. |
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| http://gerontologist.gerontologyjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/48/6/772
Rosario and DeRienzis find that although familism (relying on traditionally accepted family role as-signments) is culturally and socially popular, traditional beliefs in the care-giving role can lead to negative psychological consequences for African American women caregivers. |
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| http://hsb.sagepub.com/content/52/2/197.abstract
Saint Onge and Krueger find that whites disproportionately undertake facility-based exercise (such as golf and tennis), blacks tend toward team and fitness activities, and Mexican Americans gravitate toward team sports. |
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| http://psychsocgerontology.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/reprint/64B/1/87, Free
The authors confirm and expand on previous reports that African Americans tend to self-report distinctly lower quality of health than white people do, given the same levels of objective health and socio-economic status. |
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| http://jag.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/27/5/568
This study examines satisfaction with care for African-American and white family caregivers of assisted living (adult care and family care homes) residents, finding that predictors of satisfaction differ by race. |
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| http://gerontologist.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/49/6/847
The authors suggest that a community-based physical activity program benefits sedentary, racially, and ethnically diverse older adults by coupling a behavioral change support group and fitness classes. |
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| http://jag.sagepub.com/content/29/6/667.abstract
Mair documents how racial differences also play a big role, along with gender differences, in the connection between social relationships and depression in older adults. |
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| http://psycnet.apa.org/index.cfm?fa=browsePA.volumes&jcode=pag
The authors found that young people tend to show increases in self-esteem over time, and elderly people show decreases, but they found no differences based on race. |
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| http://gerontologist.oxfordjournals.org/content/50/6/744.abstract
The authors find higher levels of financial exploitation in African American families, along with some racial differences in psychological mistreatment. |
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| http://psychsocgerontology.oxfordjournals.org/content/65B/5/599.abstract
Litvin finds that the social network phenomenon is contextually bound: the social networks of older people should be seen within their unique regional milieu and in relation to the values and social norms that prevail in different sets of societies. |
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| http://gerontologist.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/49/6/816
The authors conclude that common assumptions about the links between religious identification, beliefs, practices, and communal solidarity need to be reassessed, based on their results. |
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| http://psychsocgerontology.oxfordjournals.org/content/66B/2/207.abstract
Krause and Bastina report that older Mexican Americans who use their faith to find something positive in the face of suffering tend to rate their health more favorably. But those who believe it is important to suffer in silence tend to rate their health less favorably. |
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| http://gerontologist.oxfordjournals.org/content/51/4/540.abstract
Lewis reports on interviews with 26 elders in southwest Alaska, from which he identified four key characteristics that appear to define eldership in native communities there: emotional well-being, community engagement, spiritu-ality, and physical health. |
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| http://www.brookings.edu/testimony/2010/0901_retirement_saving_john.aspx, Free
In this review article, John summarizes three related research papers for the Brookings Institution. |
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| http://jag.sagepub.com/content/30/1/85.abstract
Kim and Gil-Torres argue that, for several reasons, Social Security tends to be a particularly good financial arrangement for Latinos. |
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| http://psycnet.apa.org/index.cfm?fa=buy.optionToBuy&id=2008-12151-002
The authors' study suggests that Asians and Asian-Americans are significantly less likely to use social support networks in dealing with problems. |