This action will help to identify major themes and output findings from the collected data. (Welsh, 2002) As suggested by Morgan and Krueger (1998), the focus group interview can enable the researcher to have an insight into the perceptions, feelings and mode of thinking of the respondents
(Miskowicz, 2007) Since familiarity is an essential part for the operation of the program, the program director will act as a helpful aid for selecting the partakers for the case studies. (Woodside & Wilson, 2003) The method of triangulation will be used to gather data from each of the participants
Ann Bookman explains that there are new models that provide "meaningful connections" between elderly people from diverse backgrounds, and these models eschew the traditional institutional settings (such as nursing homes). This models go farther than the original "aging in place" format, which often results in an elderly American sitting in the living room watching television and eventually suffering from "isolation" (Bookman, 2008, 423)
6% of the entire population of Texas). The conservative governor said, "I will not be party to socializing healthcare and bankrupting [Texas] in direct contradiction to [the] Constitution and [the] founding principles of limited government" (Chadwick, K, 2012)
In a 1996 peer-reviewed article (Lancet) the author reports that the number of practicing (and teaching) geriatricians in the U.S. "…remains woefully inadequate" (Firshein, 1996)
The conservative governor said, "I will not be party to socializing healthcare and bankrupting [Texas] in direct contradiction to [the] Constitution and [the] founding principles of limited government" (Chadwick, K, 2012). Perry's refusal to accept federal money for healthcare that would be beneficial to low-income residents -- in particular, elderly Latinos -- in his state means that he was willing to leave "…$79 billion of federal money on the table" because of his conservative ideology (Fuquay, 2013)
S. Or born in a territory to an American parent (Gassoumis, et al
40) that 70% of Latinos over the age of 65 live in four states: California (27%); Texas (19%); Florida (16%); and New York (9%) (Treas, 40). Many older Mexican-Americans are "…disproportionately poor and are at a disadvantage when the costs of health services are increasing…especially along the Texas-Mexican border," where several counties report half of the population lives below federal poverty standards, according to Jacqueline Angel, sociologist at the University of Texas (Gomez, 2013)
In the introduction the authors point to statistics that show how serious the crisis vis-a-vis elderly Americans has become for healthcare providers. To wit, by 2030, there will be 72 million over-65 citizens requiring meaningful healthcare and one in five Americans will be 65 or older; and by 2050 an estimated 21% of Americans will be 65 or older (Guo, et al
The NORC style of living for older Americans -- reviewed in great detail earlier in this paper -- may not be appropriate in many instances for home healthcare services, but when home care involves monitoring devices, including sensors, data recorders, and communication networks, serious concerns may arise. Those technologies also include portable wearable devices that are attached to the person so a healthcare giver in another place can monitor the patient's activities (Kang, 2010)
After all, learning to not just cope with but to actually help provide treatment for their maladies is the theme of any "self-care" program. The authors of the study report that they worked with ten African-Americans in a Midwest city -- all of whom had hypertension and also had "…some difficulties in cognitive functions" (Klymko, et al
Doctors apparently are avoiding the specialization of gerontology; and according to an article by the Associated Press, nationwide, by 2030, there will be just one geriatrician for every 3,800 older Americans. This is very unfortunate because many general practitioners "…aren't train to care for seniors, whose biology is different from younger adults" (Sedensky, 2012)
Granted, this article is ten years old, but because there is continuing relevance within the data, these facts should cause every healthcare professional in every component of the healthcare field to sit up, take notice, and roll up sleeves in order to be part of the solution. Elderly Latino-Americans today -- how will they fare in the Future? "Gerontologists who are educators, policy makers, and practitioners can join in developing a new language and a new vision that sees diversity as a positive, energizing force for understanding the aged and aging in this country…" (Stanford, et al
8% and 3.3% are said to be of Asian ethnicity (Treas, et al
Perry's refusal to accept federal money for healthcare that would be beneficial to low-income residents -- in particular, elderly Latinos -- in his state means that he was willing to leave "…$79 billion of federal money on the table" because of his conservative ideology (Fuquay, 2013). Meanwhile, the Latino baby boomers are "disadvantaged relative to [Caucasians] for all socioeconomic status and several health outcomes" (Villa, et al
, and despite the fact that slavery was now outlawed, the sentiments of prejudice and bigotry that had manifested itself in the most dangerous period for African-Americans the epoch between Reconstruction and the Civil Rights movement in which segregation, murder, and mistreatment of African-Americans was extreme high still were rampant throughout the military service. African-American involvement in the military was extremely circumscribed following the Civil War, and was reduced to "six Regular Army regiments of black troops with white officers" (Bryan)
military, occurred due to the change in drafting policy created during World War I. The Civil Rights movement of the late 1950's and 1960's helped to guarantee civil rights for African-American civilians and for soldiers as well as integration (Kuryla 10)
In this war, as in many others which ensued, African-Americans fought on the same sides as Americans of European descent, or of any other descent. Actually, there is evidence that indicates that during the Revolutionary War, African-Americans actually fought on both sides -- that of the colonists and that of the British (particularly since Britain abolished slavery well before America did) (Selig)
There was a period during this martial encounter, prior to Abraham Lincoln's re-election, when the fate of the war was undecided or, perhaps even worse, favoring a Confederate victory. These realities were largely behind Abraham Lincoln's desire to enact the Emancipation Proclamation, which "eliminated laws that suppressed African-Americans from serving in 1863" (Wells)
Moreover, their contributions were made under extreme duress and in spite of the blatant racism they encountered. As such, these people certainly deserve the same civil rights as every other man, in a land in which their unarmed youth -- Trayvon Martin -- are still wantonly murdered (Younge 20)