Ethnogeriatrics
"You can't hold a man down
without staying down with him."
Booker T. Washington
Prepared by Dr. Josepha Campinha-Bacote
Articles
Adler, R. (2004). Introduction to Cross-Cultural Health Care for Older Adults. In R. Adler and H. Kamel (Eds.) Doorway Thoughts: Cross-cultural Health Care for Older Adults (pp. 2-15). Boston: Jones and Bartlett Publishers.
Curry, L., and Jackson, J. (2003). The Science of Inclusion: Recruiting and Retaining Racial and Ethnic Elders in Health Research. Washington, DC: Gerontological Society of America.
Easley, C., Charles, G. (Kauaqlak), Graves, K. (2004). Our View of Dignified Aging: Qualitative Report Conferences of Alaska Native Elders. National Resource Center for American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian Elders. University of Alaska, Anchorage, Alaska.
Gallagher-Thompson D. (2000). Development and Implementation of Intervention Strategies for Culturally Diverse Caregiving Populations in R. Schulz (Ed). Handbook on Dementia Caregiving (pp 151-183) New York. Springer .
Gerdner, L., Xiong, S., and Cha, D. (2006). Chronic confusion and memory impairment in Hmong elders: Honoring differing cultural beliefs in America. Journal of Gerontological Nursing, 32(3), 23-31.
Geron SM. (2002). Cultural competency: How is it Measured? Does it Make a Difference? Generations, 26:39-45.
Hahn, K. (2003). Older Ethnic Women in Faith
Communities. Journal of Gerontological Nursing, 29(7), 5-10.
Hayes-Bautista, D., Hsu, P., Perez, A.,
and Gamboa, C. (2002). The 'Browning' of the Graying of
America: Diversity in the Elderly Population and Policy Implications.
Generations, 26:15-24.
Johnson JC, and Smith NH. (2002). Health and Social Issues Associated With Racial, Ethnic, and Cultural Disparities. Generations, 26:25-32.
Kobylarz, F. A., Heath, J. M., and Like, R. C. (2002). The ETHINC(S) Mnemonic: A Clinical Tool for Ethnogeriatric Education. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 50(9), 1582-1589.
and
Martin, L., and Soldo, B. (1997). Committee on Population, Racial and Ethnic Differences in the Health of Older Americans, National Research Council.
McBride, M., and Lewis, I. (2004). African American and Asian American Elders: An Ethnogeriatric Perspective. Annual Review of Nursing Research, 22, 161-214.
Merkelz, K. P. (2001). Hispanic and Latino Elders. In B. J. Berkman, C. M. Callahan, T. T. Fulmer, E. L. Mitty, G. J. Paveza, E. L. Siegler, & N. E. Strumpf (Eds.); M. M. Bottrell (Managing Ed.). The Encyclopedia of Elder Care (pp. 348-350). New York: Springer Publishing Company, Inc.
Miles, T. (2001). Ethnogeriatrics Comes of Age. Journal of the American Geriatric Society, 49(7), 005.
Moldm F., Fitzpatrick, J., and Roberts, J. (2005). Minority Ethnic Elders in Care Homes: A Review of the Literature. Age and Ageing, 34(2), 107-113.
Rawlings-Anderson, K. (2004). Continuing Professional Development. Assessing the Cultural and Religious Needs of Older People. Nursing Older People, 16, 29-33.
Severance, J. and Yeo, G. (2006). Ethnogeriatric Education: A Collaborative Project of Geriatric Education Centers. Gerontology Geriatric Education, 26; 87-99.
Shah, A., Dalvi, M., and Thompson, T. (2005). Behavioural and Psychological Signs and Symptoms of Dementia Across Cultures: Current Status and the Future. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 20(12), 1187-1195
Shellman, J. (2006). Development and Psychometric Evaluation of the Eldercare Cultural Self-Efficacy Scale. International Journal of Nursing Education Scholarship, Vol. 3: No. 1, Article 9.
Sokolovsky, J. (1997) The Cultural Context of Aging: Worldwide Perspectives. CT: Greenwood Press.
Stahl, S. and
Vasquez, L. (2004). Approaches to Improving
Recruitment and Retention of Minority Elders Participating in Research.
Journal of Aging and Health, 16(5), No. 5 suppl, 9S-17S.
Takamura J. (2002). Social Policy Issues and Concerns in a Diverse Aging Society: Implications of Increasing Diversity. Generations;26:33-38.
Takeshita, J. and Ahmed, I. (2004). Culture and Geriatric Psychiatry. In W. S. Tseng, J. Streltzer, (Eds.). Cultural Competence in Clinical Psychiatry (pp. 147-161). Washington, DC. American Psychiatric Publishing, Inc.
Talamantes, M., Lindeman, R. and Mouton, C. (2000). Ethnogeriatrics Curriculum Module: Health and Health Care of Hispanic/Latino American Elders.
http://www.stanford.edu/group/ethnoger/ebooks/hispanic-latino_american.pdf.
Tatara, T. (Ed.) (1999). Understanding Elder Abuse in Minority Populations. Ann Arbor: Braun-Bromfield.
The Ethnogeriatrics Committee of the American Geriatrics Society. (2004). Doorway thoughts: Cross-cultural health care for older adults, Volume 1. Boston: Jones and Bartlett Publishers.
Torres, S. (2003). A Preliminary Empirical Test of a Culturally-relevant Theoretical Framework for the Study of Successful Aging. Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology, 18(1),79-100.
Valle, R. (2005). Culturally Attuned Recruitment, Retention, and Adherence in Alzheimer Disease and Associated Disorders: A Best Practices Working Model. Alzheimer Disease & Associated Disorders. 19(4):261-266.
Valle, R. (1996). Caregiving Across Cultures with Dementia Illness and Ethnically Diverse Populations. Washington DC: Taylor & Francis.
Xakellis, G., et al. (2004). Curricular Framework: Core Competencies in Multicultural Geriatric Care. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 52(1), 137-142
Yee D, and Tursi C. (2000). Recognizing Diversity and Moving Toward Cultural Competence: One Organization's Effort. Generations, 26:54-58.
Yeo G, and Gallagher-Thompson D. (1996). Ethnicity and the Dementias. Washington DC: Taylor and Francis.
Yeo, G. (2001). Ethnic Specific Modules of the Curriculum in Ethnogeriatrics: A Project of the Collaborative on Ethnogeriatrics. Palo Alto, CA: Stanford Geriatric Education Center.
Links
National Asian Pacific Center on Aging
Cultural Context of Aging
Dr. Jay Sokolovsky's webpage
http://www.stpt.usf.edu/~jsokolov/
Ethnogeriatrics
Florida State University Department of Geriatrics
http://www.med.fsu.edu/geriatrics/ethnogeriatric/default.asp
National Caucus and Center on Black Aged, Inc.
National Hispanic Council on Aging, Inc.
National Indian Council on Aging
Pioneer Network (Advocates for culture change in aging)
The University of Kansas School of Medicine – Wichita has a web site
on health care concerns for elders from such minority groups as
African Americans and Hispanics.
http://wichita.kumc.edu/fcm/interp/elders.html
Achieving
Diversity in Medicine and Dentistry Project - Cultural Competency:
Ethnogeriatric Curricular Guidelines for Medical Schools and/or Dental Schools
http://www.amsafoundation.org/pdf/EthnogeriatricCurriculum.pdf
Curriculum in Ethnogeriatrics
Stanford University has developed ethnic Specific Modules
(African Americans, American Indian, Alaskan Native, Hispanic/Latino, Asian
Indian, Chinese, Pakistani, Southeast Asian, Korean, Filipino, Japanese, Native
Hawaiian/ Pacific Islander)
http://www.stanford.edu/group/ethnoger/
Administration on Aging (AoA):
Facts sheets on: Serving Our African American Elders; Serving Our Hispanic American Elders; American Indian, Alaska Native & Native Hawaiian Program, Serving Our Asian American & Pacific Islander Elders; Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Older Persons; Caregiver Diversity; Cultural Competency
www.aoa.gov/may2001/factsheets/
Alzheimer's Association's Diversity Toolbox
Selected information for African Americans, Chinese, Hispanics/Latinos, and Koreans. Many documents available in a variety of languages (e.g., Polish, Russian, &Vietnamese)
http://web.nmsu.edu/~ebosman/trannurs/biblios.shtml
American Geriatrics Society
Position paper on Ethnogeriatrics
http://www.americangeriatrics.org/products/positionpapers/ethno_committee.shtml
Bibliography in Ethnogerontology
http://www.sunyit.edu/library/html/culturedmed/bib/
ethnogerontology/index.html
Cultural Competencies To Serve Older Americans
http://www.apha.org/tnh/index.cfm?fa=Adetail&ID=739
http://www.ethnicelderscare.net/
GeroNurseOnline.org
Select topic: Ethnogeriatrics and Cultural Competence
http://www.geronurseonline.org/
Alzheimer's Association
This webpage of the Alzheimer's Association website includes educational materials about issues related to dementia care in diverse communities and challenges to organizations that would like to expand their services to diverse audiences.
http://search.alz.org/Resources/Diversity/general.asp
Health Management For Older Adults III
Select Model #6: Ethnogeriatrics: Knowing the Difference
http://medinfo.ufl.edu/~gec/hmoa3/mods.html
Cultural Competence For Health Professionals in Geriatric Care
Free learning module from Case Western Reserve University.
http://www.nethealthinc.com/cultural/index.asp
Achieving Cultural Competence: A Guidebook for Providers of
Services to Older Americans and Their Families (link)
This guidebook has references for readers who would like to
receive more in-depth information on culturally competent practice
and how professionals can be culturally competent in their provision
of services and programs for an increasingly diverse aging population.
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Last Updated: October, 2008