Black aged : understanding diversity and service needs

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Black aged : understanding diversity and service needs

edited by Zev Harel, Edward A. McKinney, Michael Williams

(Sage focus editions)

Sage Publications, 1990

  • pbk.

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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

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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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