Comparing clinico-demographics and neuropsychiatric symptoms for immigrant and non-immigrant aged care residents living with dementia: a retrospective cross …

P Chejor, M Atee, P Cain, D Whiting, T Morris, D Porock - BMC geriatrics, 2023 - Springer
Background Neuropsychiatric symptoms of dementia such as agitation and aggression are
common in people living with dementia. The presentation of neuropsychiatric symptoms is …

Challenges and experiences in training multilingual, international direct care workers in dementia care in the United States

B Davis, M Maclagan - Multilingual interaction and dementia, 2017 - degruyter.com
As the numbers of frail and cognition-compromised older persons increase, there is an
expanding need in country after country for more nursing assistants and home care workers …

Lessons Learned from Recruiting Socially Isolated Older Immigrants for a Survey-based Study in Toronto

K Metersky, ZC Zhuang, O St-Amant… - Canadian Journal of …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
The COVID-19 pandemic brought to the forefront the detrimental health and social
consequences of social isolation (Hosseinzadeh et al., 2022). For many older immigrant …

Developing culturally diverse direct caregivers for care work with older adults: challenges and potential strategies

BH Davis, MK Smith - The Journal of Continuing Education in …, 2013 - journals.healio.com
This discussion presents real-world examples of challenges that occur in geriatric training as
a contribution to the ongoing conversation about tailored training for direct caregivers …

Personhood: Including the Chinese person with dementia in research, policy, and practice

SM Chan, DL O'Connor - Journal of Ethnic and Cultural Diversity in …, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
Literature indicates that dementia caring is difficult and challenging. This literature is scarce
for ethnic minorities and lacking most acutely, despite its huge diasporic population, for the …

[HTML][HTML] Challenges related to providing care for parents with dementia across borders: A qualitative study on transnational carers in Oslo

EA Czapka, M Sagbakken - Journal of Aging Studies, 2020 - Elsevier
Migration requires people to re-define their caring roles, develop new caring strategies and
negotiate the scope of care with the family in the country of origin. The main aim of this paper …

Ethnic enclave resources and predictors of depression among Arizona's Korean immigrant elders

SY Kang, MD Domanski, SS Moon - Journal of Gerontological …, 2009 - Taylor & Francis
This is the first study examining predictors of depression among Arizona's Korean immigrant
elders not residing in ethnic enclaves. A snowball sample of 120 elders, aged 64 and over …

Accruing the sample: strategies for recruiting older adult and African Americans caregivers for persons with Alzheimer's disease

SM McLennon, B Habermann - Applied Nursing Research, 2012 - Elsevier
The challenges and barriers associated with recruiting a representative sample of
community-residing older adult caregivers for persons with Alzheimer's disease (AD) may …

Hispanic caregivers of older adults with dementia: Cultural issues in outreach and intervention

D Gallagher-Thompson, MC Leary, C Ossinalde… - Group, 1997 - Springer
Ethnic minorities, particularly the elderly, have been noted to underutilize health care
services and programs. Recent studies have illustrated that Alzheimer's support services for …

Informing Dementia Support Programs That Serve Low-Income, Multilingual Communities in a Safety Net Health System: Use of Focus Groups to Identify Specific …

A Pak, A Demanes, S Wu, K Ward, M Hess - Geriatrics, 2024 - mdpi.com
The Centers of Medicare and Medicaid Services recently announced a new voluntary
nationwide model. This model aims to provide comprehensive, standard care for people …