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Index absence o f disagreement 8 , 9 Activities o f Daily Living (ADL ) 3 , 60, 72, 101 , 227, 243, 25 6 activity status 37 , 4 2 theory 9 3 additive model 19 0 adjustment 8 , 9 8 age, differences i n 13 2 ageing in place 17 , 22, 142 , 222, 22 5 Asian Americans 54 , 55, 64 buffering effec t (model ) 190 , 198 , 199 burden o f being 2 care -givers 19 , 17 4 groups 18 4 -receiving 1 , 3 , 21 , 29 , 154 , 217 , 246, 249-5 1 support 2-4 , 19 , 19 1 utilization 148 , 152, 180, 222, 24153 Center o f Epidemiologica l Study' s Depression Scale (CES-D), The 101 , 107-9, 19 2 Chinese Americans 53-6 4 culture 2 , 5, 8, 43, 44, 46, 67, 125 , 126, 154 , 167 , 223, 224, 25 0 immigrants 79 , 222, 224, 23 8 chronic conditions 72 , 76-8, 92, 139-4 0 diseases 69 , 100 , 106-9 , 118 , 139 40 , 189 , 191- 8 church 6 , 10 , 82, 154 , 15 7 cognitive functionin g 153 , 162 , 23 9 community care 17 , 18 , 20-4, 27 , 29, 90, 14 4 service 19-21 , 24 , 27 , 29 , 31 , 82 , 83, 90 , 91, 97, 98, 111 , 120, 140 , 141, 144-8 , 171 , 172 , 182 , 183 , 185, 186, 221-7, 232-6, 245, 246, 249, 250 , 252, 25 6 confidant "relationship s (confidante ) 29, 58, 59, 77, 78, 191 , 229 258฀INDEX฀ J฀ Confucius 32 , 127 , 13 5 continuity o f care 251 , 252 co-residence 54 , 176, 202-5, 207, 211, 213, 215- 8 country of origin 55 , 63, 160, 165, 167 cross-cultural compariso n 151 , 15 3 culture o f bird-keeping 37 , 38, 4 7 Current Perceived Health-20, The 243 9 death 3 , 18 , 90 , 139 , 144 , 155 , 157 , 172, 17 5 demographic characteristic s 4 , 19 , 38, 101-5, 138 , 146 , 151 , 152, 158 , 167, 171-3, 177 , 193 , 194, 206, 207, 218, 228, 24 4 dependency 6 , 10 , 11, 23, 24, 166, 223 ratio, elderl y 17 2 depression 2 , 25 , 26 , 69 , 70 , 108-10 , 152, 166 , 189 , 190 , 192- 8 determinants 1 , 12, 24, 60, 61, 69, 137, 152, 153 , 160 , 166 , 202, 203 , 24 8 disability 63 , 77 , 78 , 101 , 139 , 140 , 152, 223, 235, 24 1 diseases, number o f 160 , 162-5 , 16 7 economic developmen t 36 , 97, 9 8 elderly Asians 67 , 221, 222, 23 8 emotional suppor t 8 , 86-8 , 90 , 104 , 146, 191 , 195 , 197 , 198 , 203 , 205 , 206, 212-5 , 217, 246-8, 250-2 , 25 6 equity theor y 2 , 9 family activities 39 , 41, 47 mediation 179 , 18 4 obligations 32 , 175-7 , 179 , 18 5 relations 72 , 75 , 76, 20 3 responsibilities 72 , 75, 7 6 support 22 , 23 , 60, 63 , 85, 86 , 88, 89, 103 , 110 , 141 , 153, 171 , 172, 174, 176 , 180, 185, 186, 202, 204, 222, 22 4 filial obligations 175 , 176 , 18 4 piety 2 , 17 , 32, 39 , 41 , 42, 46 , 52 , 54, 125 , 126, 132-5 , 146 , 16 7 responsibility 54 , 25 1 financial suppor t 39 , 86-8 , 101 , 110 , 129, 141 , 146 , 182 , 191 , 195 , 197 , 204-6, 212 , 214, 215, 21 7 formal car e 27 , 181 , 241, 242, 244-6 , 248-52 formal service s 164 , 241 , 242 , 245 , 248, 251 , 255, 25 6 friendship, feeling s abou t 13 , 72 , 75 , 76,91 functional healt h 100 , 101 , 107 , 109 , 110, 24 3 Geriatric Depressio n Scal e (GDS ) 20 , 25,26 gender, differences i n 60-2 , 73, 74, 99, 100, 110 , 132 , 133 , 158 , 173 , 207 , 210, 214 , 22 4 guanxi 223 , 224 , 228 , 229 , 230 , 231 , 234, 23 5 health beliefs 16 1 Perception Questionnair e 8 4 problem 72 , 140 , 162 , 165 , 167 , 189, 190 , 191 , 195, 197, 198 , 249 status 70 , 84-6 , 88 , 89 , 98 , 100 , 146, 149 , 152 , 153 , 166, 241, 252 healthy agein g 9 7 helplessness (hopelessness ) 10 , 11 , 28 help-seeking 103 , 235, 23 6 homes for the aged 146 , 154, 176, 177, 180-3, 185 , 186, 225, 23 7 hospitalized 16 1 housing 26 , 44, 47, 48, 51, 70, 72, 75, 76, 86 , 88 , 97 , 110 , 128 , 129 , 130 , 148, 174 , 175 , 179 , 204 , 206 , 216 , 221-36, 23 9 immigrants (immigration ) 2 , 3 , 7 , 8 , 11, 12 , 42, 53-5, 64, 78, 79, 160, 165, 166, 221 , 222, 224, 23 8 income 6 , 11 , 26, 46 , 51 , 55, 69 , 73 , 76...

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