Serving Minority Elders in the 21st Century Review

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(More customer reviews)Too often, "minority" gets rendered as only African American. An alteration is that it means only Black and Latino. This anthology is well-rounded in that Blacks, Latinos, Asian Americans, and Native Americans are included. Still, the majority of chapters are focused on the typical group.
I'm fascinated by double minorities and how they are portrayed. Do authors or editors compare them to single minorities or double majorities? In this book, seniors of color are consistently compared to whites. It's taken as a given that they will differ to younger people of color. The book suggests one huge difference between whites and people of color in this age cohort are access to financial resources. This book does mention when difference between men and women arise. Thus this book tries to juggle class and gender, alongside race and age. The work tries to be well-rounded by discussing physical, mental, and residential issues/difficulties.
The book is somewhat dated as Latinos are now the most numerous minority group in the country. The book doesn't mention the fate of Social Security and Medicare. It says nothing of how both political parties would like to court senior voters at all costs.
Another shortcoming is the varying quality of chapters. I like postmodernism as much as the next 21st-Century thinker, however the chapter that employs that issue is gobbledy and breaks the tone of the book. One of the beginning chapters on African Americans is just a nasty cut-and-paste job of various issues. I guess scientists are too busy in the lab to improve their writing skills. Still, I appreciate this book and hope that more works are produced on this population.

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Nationally recognized scholars address the unique problems encountered by minority elders in achieving the goal of maximum well-being as we enter the 21st century.Topics include physical health, continuum of care, mental health, social policy, economic security and research planning and development.Minority populations surveyed include the elderly African American, Asian American, American Indian, Mexican American and women.

Contributors include: D. Lee, M. Haug, R. Binstock, G. Cohen, K. Markides, T. Tripp-Reimer, E. Kahana and many more.

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