Significance of Family Involvement for Older Mexican American Women: Implications for Practice

ABSTRACT

Due to increasing longevity of older adults, especially those of ethnic minority status, it is essential that we explore issues that affect life satisfaction and well-being to gather information pertinent to quality of life issues. This paper reports findings from a pilot study utilizing a non-random convenience sample design to determine attitudes about perceptions of well-being in a sample consisting of older Mexican American women residing along the Texas-Mexico border. Implications for social workers as well as other providers of service to ethnic minority older adults are included.

KEYWORDS:

• Well-being
• women
• aging
• Mexican-American
• Hispanic