title: [Old-age assistance is to be multicultural--a special care for only a minority].
abstract: According to the census, more than 100,000 foreign-born people over 65 years of age now live in Sweden. They represent nearly eight per cent of the elderly population, and come from over a hundred different countries. During the 1990s many ethnically and religiously based old-age and health-care services have been developed for this population. The experiences of these services and their importance in the planning of care facilities are discussed in the article; research and scientific evaluations comparing health and social conditions of the foreign-born and Swedish elderly populations are also reviewed.
authors.affiliation: Södertörns högskola, Huddinge.
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authors.lastname: Gaunt
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003466:Cultural Characteristics; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D006299:Health Services for the Aged; D006801:Humans; D009826:Old Age Assistance; D012946:Social Welfare; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013548:Sweden