Latino family caregivers: "it's what we do—we take care of our own".
Objectives To better understand the interplay of culture and family caregiving among Latinos, we explored the perceptions of caregivers of persons living with dementia on how their culture informs the care they provide. Methods This study used a descriptive qualitative design to explore the percepti...
| Publicado en: | Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological Sciences & Social Sciences Vol. 81; no. 8; pp. 1 - 10 |
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ssf&AN=195931906&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ssf uiTerm: 195931906 longDbName: Social Sciences Full Text (H.W. Wilson) uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 10795014 JGB jtl: Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological Sciences & Social Sciences issn: 10795014 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Aug2026 vid: 81 iid: 8 pid: 622 pub: Oxford University Press / USA artinfo: ui: 195931906 10.1093/geronb/gbag086 ppf: 1 ppct: 9 formats: tig: atl: Latino family caregivers: "it's what we do—we take care of our own". aug: au: Shieu, Bianca Neidre, Daria B Song, Lixin Delgado, Roxana E Reid, M Cary Gaugler, Joseph E White, Carole L affil: School of Nursing, University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, United States The Glenn Biggs Institute for Alzheimer's and Neurodegenerative Diseases, University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, United States Division of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, Cornell University, New York, New York, United States School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States su: Texas Qualitative research Hispanic Americans Culture Interviewing Content analysis Action research Psychology of caregivers Research funding Services for caregivers Research methodology Videoconferencing Dementia patients Caregiver attitudes sug: subj: Qualitative research Hispanic Americans Culture Interviewing Content analysis Action research Psychology of caregivers Texas All Other Business Support Services Research funding Services for caregivers Research methodology Videoconferencing Dementia patients Caregiver attitudes keyword: Alzheimer's disease and related dementias caregivers Community-Based Participatory Research copyrightHolder:The Gerontological Society of America copyrightYear:2026 dementia family caregivers hispanics or latinos https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gbag086 inLanguage:en Latino family caregivers publisher:Oxford University Press Qualitative analysis sameAs:https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42121377/ Alzheimer's disease and related dementias caregivers Community-Based Participatory Research copyrightHolder:The Gerontological Society of America copyrightYear:2026 dementia family caregivers hispanics or latinos https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gbag086 inLanguage:en Latino family caregivers publisher:Oxford University Press Qualitative analysis sameAs:https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42121377/ ab: Objectives To better understand the interplay of culture and family caregiving among Latinos, we explored the perceptions of caregivers of persons living with dementia on how their culture informs the care they provide. Methods This study used a descriptive qualitative design to explore the perceptions of Latino family caregivers of persons living with dementia. A Community-Based Participatory Research (CBPR) approach underpinned the study design and execution, with a Latino Caregiver Advisory Council (LCAC) engaged in study design, recruitment, and interpretation. Individual semi-structured interviews were conducted via Zoom with Latino family caregivers of persons living with dementia from South Central Texas, in either English or Spanish. The interview guide consisted of questions about participants' perceptions of caregiving and culture. Content analysis was used to analyze the transcripts. Results Among 13 caregivers, we identified two overarching themes, "The Influence of Culture on Caregiving" and "Barriers to Care," that together illustrate how cultural values serve as a profound source of both resilience and distress. We identified key subthemes related to the influence of culture (i.e. motivations for providing care, who provides this care, and where it is provided) and barriers to care (i.e. cultural beliefs about dementia, structural barriers to accessing resources, and systemic financial challenges). Discussion Our findings indicate that culture can be a source of strength and a source of stress for Latino family caregivers. These results highlight the need for tailored caregiver support intervention programs that recognize the cultural influence shaping how families give and receive care. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: N holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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