Evolving values in community-based long-term care services for Japanese Americans.
This study used grounded theory to explore how long-term care services are perceived and what factors influence family caregiving and long-term care service utilization choices among Japanese Americans. Family and generational perspectives elucidated a dialectic between forces of integration into the broader culture, and reconnection with the culture of origin within the context of powerful ethnically based historical and generational experiences. This study describes the evolution of the values underlying service delivery and family expectations and demonstrates the dynamic relationships among cultural expectations, historical context, and service evolution for a group of members involved in the caregiving experience.
Young
Heather M
HM
Department of Biobehavioral Nursing and Health Systems, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA.
McCormick
Wayne M
WM
Vitaliano
Peter P
PP
D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001213:Asian / Q000523:psychology*; D001294:Attitude to Health / Q000208:ethnology*; D017028:Caregivers / Q000523:psychology; D003153:Community Health Services / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005190:Family / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006299:Health Services for the Aged / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan / Q000208:ethnology; D008134:Long-Term Care / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008297:Male; D009042:Motivation; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research; D012922:Social Change; D012945:Social Values; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014481:United States