HLTHAGE 1BB3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Filial Piety, Visible Minority
23 Apr 2017
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We can decide our own ethnicity based on our backgrounds; subjective. Ethnocultural groups that have not originated in northern and western european countries. Immigrants from a variety of countries (visible minorities based on physical appearance that is non aboriginal - special status) Life unfolds from birth to death in a social, cultural, and historical context. Impact of social institutions, historical periods and events, personal biography, life cycle stage, life events, and resources on the minority older person. Disadvantage one would have if they are for example aboriginal, old, and in poverty. Buffer the disadvantages of ie. multiple jeopardy theory. Mostly live in toronto, then montreal, then vancouver. Filial piety: the culturally defined obligations of adult children to their aging parents requiring adult children to support their parents in their old age. Different relationships between generations, living arrangements, social supports. Cultural enclaves: ethnocultural seniors cluster together geographically and socially.
