TY  - CHAP
M1  - Book, Section
TI  - Unique Needs of Older Immigrants
A1  - Chen, Pei
A2  - Walter, Louise C.
A2  - Chang, Anna
A2  - Chen, Pei
A2  - Harper, G. Michael
A2  - Rivera, Josette
A2  - Conant, Rebecca
A2  - Lo, Daphne
A2  - Yukawa, Michi
PY  - 2021
T2  - Current Diagnosis & Treatment Geriatrics, 3e
AB  - Immigration  and  immigrant  population  have  gained  increasing  attention  in  the  public  health  research  and  policy  domains  in  recent  years  in  the  United  States,  and  immigration  is  a  global  phenomenon.  Although  immigration  is  often  the  consequence  of  the  push  and  pull  of  economic,  environmental,  sociopolitical,  and  safety  factors,  it  is  also  a  social  determinant  of  health  that  plays  an  important  role  in  the  care  of  an  older  immigrant  due  to  related  health  inequities  and  disparities.  However,  there  is  little  written  on  immigration  as  a  social  determinant  of  health  for  older  adults.  The  lack  of  high-quality  studies  examining  immigration  as  a  social  determinant  of  health  has  a  serious  impact  on  health  policies  for  older  immigrants.  To  provide  comprehensive  care  to  older  adults,  it  is  important  to  look  at  immigration  from  the  context  of  structural,  cultural,  and  behavioral  frameworks.  To  be  inclusive  of  diverse  older  persons,  the  American  Geriatrics  Society  (AGS)  Ethnogeriatrics  Committee  developed  a  positional  statement  in  2016  that  outlined  health  care  disparities  in  the  United  States  and  provided  guidance  on  quality  indicators  to  promote  high-quality  multicultural  geriatric  care.  This  chapter  provides  an  overview  of  the  definitions  commonly  used  to  describe  immigrants,  the  demographics  of  older  immigrants  in  the  United  States,  health  insurance  and  access  to  care  for  older  immigrants  in  the  United  States,  common  barriers  and  their  impact  on  the  care  of  older  immigrants,  interventions  and  resources,  and  the  future  steps  to  improve  the  care  of  older  immigrants.  
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PB  - McGraw-Hill Education
CY  - New York, NY
Y2  - 2024/04/16
UR  - accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1180019822
ER  -