Older Adult Caregiving in an Amish Community

The Amish in North America represent a unique group whose health characteristics may resemble their rural, non-Hispanic White counterparts, but whose lifestyle and cultural expressions are different. Approximately 300,000 Amish individuals live in more than 30 states and three Canadian provinces (Young Center for Anabaptist and Pietist Studies, 2016). Most individuals would consider the Amish community to be conservative compared to main-stream society, and a spectrum of conservatism exists in this group. This conservatism mitigates the level of sequestration from the larger world and, in
Source: Research in gerontological nursing - Category: Geriatrics Authors: Source Type: research