COMMUNITIES OF CARE: ASSISTED LIVING FOR AFRICAN AMERICAN ELDERS By Mary M. Ball, Molly M. Perkins, Frank J. Whittington, Carole Hollingsworth, Sharon V. King, & Bess L. Combs: Baltimore, MD: The Johns Hopkins University Press ©2005 312 pages, $50.00 (hardcover) ISBN 0-8018-8194-3

Teresa R. Smith,Ed Rosenberg

COMMUNITIES OF CARE: ASSISTED LIVING FOR AFRICAN AMERICAN ELDERS By Mary M. Ball, Molly M. Perkins, Frank J. Whittington, Carole Hollingsworth, Sharon V. King, & Bess L. Combs: Baltimore, MD: The Johns Hopkins University Press ©2005 312 pages, $50.00 (hardcover) ISBN 0-8018-8194-3

2008

Teresa R. Smith
Ed Rosenberg

When it comes to eldercare, African American culture has embraced the value and practice of taking care of one's own. In the family context, elders’ presence was valued, and mutually beneficial rel...

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Gerontology
Psychology
assisted living
Anthropology
Pedagogy
african american

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