title: Beliefs and expectations of family and nursing home care among Mexican-origin caregivers.
abstract: This study examined perceptions of family care, nursing homes, and expectations of future care among 85 Mexican-origin women caregivers, some who lived in Mexico City and some who lived in East Los Angeles, California (East LA). Attitudes of Mexican-born women-living in Mexico City and in East LA-were more similar to each other than those of U.S.-born women. Most caregivers reported a preference for family care and had negative views of institutional care. In addition, despite the negative views about nursing homes, some caregivers expressed a willingness to seek nursing-home care for themselves so as to avoid burdening their children in the future. Findings lend support to the persistence of Mexican cultural values in this sample of Mexican-origin caregiving women, regardless of where they were born.
authors.affiliation: a College of Public Health and Human Sciences , Oregon State University , Corvallis , Oregon , USA.
authors.forename: Carolyn A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Mendez-Luck
authors.affiliation: a College of Public Health and Human Sciences , Oregon State University , Corvallis , Oregon , USA.
authors.forename: Clarice
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Amorim
authors.affiliation: a College of Public Health and Human Sciences , Oregon State University , Corvallis , Oregon , USA.
authors.forename: Katherine P
authors.initials: KP
authors.lastname: Anthony
authors.affiliation: b Institute on Aging , Portland State University , Portland , Oregon , USA.
authors.forename: Margaret B
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Neal
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000368:Aged; D001294:Attitude to Health / Q000208:ethnology*; D017028:Caregivers / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015141:Los Angeles; D017058:Mexican Americans / Q000523:psychology*; D008800:Mexico; D009735:Nursing Homes; D012944:Social Support; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000208:ethnology / Q000523:psychology*
keywords: Aging; caregivers; culture; immigrants