Reexamining the Relationships Among Dementia, Stigma, and Aging in Immigrant Chinese and Vietnamese Family Caregivers

• Published in: Journal of cross-cultural gerontology Vol. 23; no. 3; pp. 283 - 299
• Main Authors: Liu, Dandan, Hinton, Ladson, Tran, Cindy, Hinton, Devon, Barker, Judith C.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Boston Springer US 01.09.2008; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Adult; Aged; Aging; Aging - ethnology; Aging - psychology; Anthropology; Asian Americans; Asian Americans - psychology; Caregivers - psychology; China - ethnology; Correlation analysis; Dementia; Dementia - ethnology; Elderly; Female; Geriatrics/Gerontology; Humans; Interviews as Topic; Male; Middle Aged; Original Article; Peoples Republic of China; Philosophy of Medicine; Prejudice; Public opinion; Senility; Social Sciences; Stigma; Studies; Theory of Medicine/Bioethics; United States; Vietnam; Vietnam - ethnology; United States; Vietnam; China; United States > US; Caregivers; Aging; Chinese; Vietnamese; Stigma; Dementia

Prior literature emphasizes that Asian Americans with dementia may be particularly vulnerable to the stigma of chronic and severe mental illness. However, there is a dearth of empirical research to support this claim. This study examines the relationship of stigma and dementia in 32 qualitative inte...