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| Religion in a caregiving system for Puerto Rican elders with functional disabilities | | Author(s) | Melvin Delgado |
| Journal title | Journal of Gerontological Social Work, vol 26, nos 3/4, 1996 |
| Pages | pp 129-144 |
| Source | http://www.tandfonline.com |
| Keywords | Ethnic groups ; Religion ; Family care ; Needs [elderly] ; Services ; Social surveys ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | Natural support systems represent an important community resource for meeting Puerto Rican elders' social service needs - the family being the most important. However, religion is widely considered the second most important support. This article reports the findings of a study of 558 Puerto Rican older people - 214 of whom indicated having a functional disability - and 194 of their primary caregivers in a New England community. The role of religious institutions in meeting elder social service needs is examined, and the implications for social work practice are presented. |
| Accession Number | CPA-970425009 A |
| Classmark | TK: TR: P6:SJ: IK: I: 3F: 7T |
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