Close Intergenerational Relationships Protect Aging Immigrants’ Health and Minimize Caregivers’ Stress
Rutgers studies find older Chinese Immigrants are healthier and happier and their children less burdened by caregiving when cultural family values are maintained
Older Chinese Americans Face Increased stress and memory loss
An elderly Chinese American man lives by himself in subsidized housing for seniors in Boston. He struggles with dementia, so he sticks to familiar places, otherwise he gets lost. And it’s hard for him to get help, because he doesn’t speak English.
Depression Linked to Costly Chronic Medical Conditions and Disability Among Aging Minorities, Rutgers Studies Find
Studies suggest the need for culturally relevant depression screenings to prevent the onset of disability and improve the management of chronic medical conditions of older minorities
Memory loss, dementia an understudied yet widespread phenomenon among Chinese Americans
Rutgers releases first of their kind studies revealing the impact of immigration, gender, psychological distress, education, social engagement, and oral health on Chinese Americans’ cognitive function…
Chinese Americans face increased risk of elder abuse, Rutgers studies find
Not enough is being done to prevent elder abuse in the Chinese American community, according to four new Rutgers studies published in the current edition of the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society…
Rutgers Releases Comprehensive Report on How Cultural Factors Affect Chinese Americans’ Health
Newswise — Since 2011, the Population Study of Chinese Elderly in Chicago (PINE), the most extensive epidemiological cohort study of Chinese older adults in the United States …
For Children with Colds, Doctors are Increasingly Likely to Recommend Antihistamines Rather than Cough and Cold Medicine
Rutgers study finds increase in antihistamine use for colds, following the 2008 FDA advisory to decrease use of cough and cold medicines, despite risks…
