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Asti, E., Beale, N., Thorne, N., & Dening, T. (2024). Transgender and gender diverse older people: Health, aging, and dementia. International Journal of Transgender Health. https://doi.org/10.1080/26895269.2024.2355232
This review explores the complex ways older transgender and gender-diverse adults access health and social care and how this affects health outcomes with a specific focus on dementia, which supports your assignment this week.

Miyawaki, C.E. (2016). Caregiving practice patterns of Asian, Hispanic, and non-Hispanic White American family caregivers of older adults across generations. The Journal of Cross-CulturalGerontology,31, 35–55. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10823-016-9281-5
This article explores family caregivers of older adults across three immigrant generations with mixed results. Assessing the cultural concerns of diverse aging populations is part of your assignment this week.

Keyes, L., Li, Q., Collins, B., & Rivera-Torres, S. (2022). Senior center service utilization: Do social ties affect participation patterns? Journal of Applied Gerontology, 41(2), 526–533. https://doi.org/10.1177/0733464820975905
This article supports your assignment by discussing how caregivers and caregiving facilities can adapt to meet the social needs of older adults.

du Toit, S. H. J., & Buchanan, H. (2018). Embracing cultural diversity: Meaningful engagement for older adults with advanced dementia in a residential care setting. American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 72(6), 1–8.
This study aims to identify best-practice scenarios for supporting older adults with moderate to advanced dementia from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds who lived in care facilities.

Wiese, L. K., Pratt, B. A., Heinze, K., Besser, L., Ifill, A. (Annie), & Williams, C. L. (2023). Community-based strategies to reduce Alzheimer’s disease and related dementia incidence among rural, racially/ethnically diverse older adults. Current Geriatrics Reports, 12(4), 205–219. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13670-023-00400-9
This paper is a brief appraisal of ADRD risk factors that are relevant and potentially modifiable in rural and racially/ethnically diverse settings. This review identified gaps in U.S.-based research regarding ADRD risk factors.

Tran, J. T., Theng, B., Tzeng, H.-M., Raji, M., Serag, H., Shih, M., & Lee, W.-C. M. (2023). Cultural diversity impacts caregiving experiences: A comprehensive exploration of differences in caregiver burdens, needs, and outcomes. Cureus,15(10), e46537. https://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.46537
As the diverse US population continues to age and live longer with more complex chronic conditions, informal caregivers play an increasingly important role in the care of older adults with functional impairment and multiple comorbidities. For this week’s assignment, you will assess the concerns of the aging population through a cultural lens.

Stajduhar, K. I., Giesbrecht, M., Mollison, A., Dosani, N., & McNeil, R. (2020). Caregiving at the margins: An ethnographic exploration of family caregivers experiences providing care for structurally vulnerable populations at the end-of-life. Palliative Medicine, 34(7), 946–953. https://doi-org.proxy1.ncu.edu/10.1177/0269216320917875
People experiencing structural vulnerability (e.g. homelessness, poverty, racism, criminalization of illicit drug use and mental health stigma) face significant barriers to accessing care at the end-of-life. This article describes family caregiving in the context of structural vulnerability, to understand who these caregivers are, and the unique challenges, burdens and barriers they face.