Perceptions of the elderly among nursing home aides of three Black cultural groups
Robinson, Arnette D.
J Natl Black Nurses Assoc
; 6(2): 15-26, Spring Summer 1993.
Article
in English
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The Perceptions of the Elderly State (PES) was administered to a sample of 246 aides working in nursing homes in the New York Metropolitan Area. The aides represented three Black American cultural groups; African Americans, English-speaking Caribbean Blacks (including Jamaicans, Trinidadians, and Barbadians) and Haitians. Members of these groups make up the overwhelming majority of nursing homes aides in New York City. The results indicate that aides from all three groups had generally favorable attitudes towards the elderly, but the English-speaking Caribbean groups expressed significantly more favorable attitudes than aides in either of the two other groups. The observed differences were attributed to the traditional role of the older individual within West Indian value culture as disciplinarian and authority figure. Implications for in-service education are discussed.(AU)
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