Taking Care of Racial Diversity in Caregiving

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Caregiving that is provided by the Japanese-Americans needs to be looked into more specifically to help identify cultural norms and integrate it into the health care being provided. Racial diversity is going to be increased significantly by the year of 2050. This means that the demands for racially diverse healthcare of elderly is going to be increased. “Japanese Americans have been reputed to have one of the longest life expectancies in the U.S. population” (Mokuau, 2010). Trends that are starting to change Japanese American care giving. Women in the Japanese family are expected to be the primary caregiver, especially the daughter-in-law. There are some trends that are starting to change this role. These changes include the increase of women that are employed outside the home, a decrease in family size, and the shifting values of norms on caregiving. It is tradition for women to care for the elderly in the family and it is tradition to have care provided in the home. Therefore using the U.S. healthcare system has been underutilized. Care givers need to help understand this and help with the idea of using home health care and in some cases help with the idea of using formal services and not view it as shameful (Mokuau, 2010).
When it comes to receiving healthcare from a Japanese-American there are some social barriers that arise making it difficult for good quality healthcare. Evidence shows by using different ways to express what you are trying to get through could be more successful. For example Japanese- Americans are generally pretty good at writing in the English language here in the United States. However, when it comes to verbal instructions it may lead to confusion and therefore leading to more explanation (Castro, 2012)....

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