Mendez-Luck Carolyn A, Amorim Clarice, Anthony Katherine P, Neal Margaret B
a College of Public Health and Human Sciences , Oregon State University , Corvallis , Oregon , USA.
b Institute on Aging , Portland State University , Portland , Oregon , USA.
J Women Aging. 2017;29(5):460-472. doi: 10.1080/08952841.2016.1222758. Epub 2016 Oct 17.
This study examined perceptions of family care, nursing homes, and expectations of future care among 85 Mexican-origin women caregivers, some who lived in Mexico City and some who lived in East Los Angeles, California (East LA). Attitudes of Mexican-born women-living in Mexico City and in East LA-were more similar to each other than those of U.S.-born women. Most caregivers reported a preference for family care and had negative views of institutional care. In addition, despite the negative views about nursing homes, some caregivers expressed a willingness to seek nursing-home care for themselves so as to avoid burdening their children in the future. Findings lend support to the persistence of Mexican cultural values in this sample of Mexican-origin caregiving women, regardless of where they were born.
本研究调查了85名墨西哥裔女性照料者对家庭照料、养老院以及未来照料期望的看法，其中一些人居住在墨西哥城，另一些人居住在加利福尼亚州东洛杉矶（东洛杉矶）。与美国出生的女性相比，居住在墨西哥城和东洛杉矶的墨西哥出生女性的态度彼此更为相似。大多数照料者表示更倾向于家庭照料，对机构照料持负面看法。此外，尽管对照养老院持负面看法，但一些照料者表示愿意为自己寻求养老院照料，以免将来给子女带来负担。研究结果支持了墨西哥文化价值观在这一样本的墨西哥裔照料女性中持续存在，无论她们出生在哪里。
