Black aged : understanding diversity and service needs
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Black aged : understanding diversity and service needs
（Sage focus editions）
Sage Publications, 1990
- pbk.
Available at 6 libraries
Note
Papers from the conference, Understanding and Serving the Black Aged, held in 1987 and sponsored primarily by the National Council on Aging and Cleveland State University in honor of Anna V. Brown
"Published in cooperation with the National Council on the Aging, Inc."
Includes bibliographical references
Description and Table of Contents
Description
How do various ethnic communities compare on levels of health, income and quality of housing for their elderly? This volume demonstrates that the Black community is among the poorest on all three levels - especially when compared to their white counterparts. The book offers conceptual perspectives on both the uniqueness of Black elderly as a group and at the same time provides analytical approaches for understanding their diversity.
In twelve incisive essays, the state of America's Black aged is assessed and policies and programmes analyzed. The authors point to the importance of gearing services to a diverse group of elderly people and highlight the severe demand for such community services curtailed by the very real discrimination and economic limitations that exist today.
Table of Contents
Foreword - Louis Stokes
Tribute to Anna V Brown - Jack Ossofsky
Preface - Zev Harel, Edward A McKinney and Michael Williams
PART ONE: UNDERSTANDING DIVERSITY AND SOCIAL FORCES
Introduction - Edward A McKinney, Zev Harel and Michael Williams
Diverse Black Aged - Percil Stanford
Family Care, Economics and Health - Wilbur Watson
Health and Social Characteristics - Harold R Johnson, Rose C Gibson and Irene Luckey
Implications for Services
Social Integration - Linda M Chatters and Robert J Taylor
Diversity among Aged Black Males - Cary Kart
Understanding Diversity of the Urban Black Aged - Sharon Milligan
Historical Perspectives
PART TWO: UNDERSTANDING SERVICE NEED AND USE
Introduction - Zev Harel, Edward A McKinney and Michael Williams
African-American Elderly Experiences with Title II - Michael Williams
Program Assumptions and Economic Well-Being
Targetting the Benefits for Black Elderly - John H Skinner
The Older Americans Act
Health Care Needs and Services - Wornie L Reed
The Health Care of the Black Aged Female - Mary McKinney Edmonds
Diversity in Black Family Caregiving - Charles M Barressi and Geeta Menon
Clinical Social Work Practice with Black Elderly and their Family Caregivers - Cheryl Gerace and Linda S Noelker
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