Gesundheitswesen
Volume 67, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 832-839

Senior migrants in Bremen: Demographic structure, social condition and healthstatus [Ältere migrantinnen und migranten in Bremen: Demografische struktur, soziale lage und gesundheitliche situation] (Article)

Mohammadzadeh Z.* , Tempel G.
  • a Gesundheitsamt Bremen, Kommunale Gesundheitsberichterstattung, Germany, Gesundheitsamt Bremen, Horner Str. 60-70, 28203 Bremen, Germany
  • b Gesundheitsamt Bremen, Kommunale Gesundheitsberichterstattung, Germany

Abstract

In the coming years, the number of migrants of 60 and older will rise considerably in Germany. There are indications that their health problems are more severe than those of the native population, and that much can be done to supplement health care offers for them. The authors suggest to put this statement on a more objective basis and bridge the gaps of empirical research, focussing both on health relevant aspects of the general situation of senior migrants (differences in the cultural background, migration biography, accommodation, integration/segregation etc.) and on the health status itself. At the same time preconditions and possibilities of an intercultural opening of care structures and culture-sensitive nursing should be utilised and further developed. © Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart.

Author Keywords

Migration Culture-sensitive care Health Intercultural opening Senior migrants

Index Keywords

medical research Germany health status Aged disease severity adult cultural factor nursing demography Article health care integration human social status migration aging
Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-30344438804&doi=10.1055%2fs-2005-858907&partnerID=40&md5=6bd282c00c617b411429684818110d68
DOI: 10.1055/s-2005-858907
ISSN: 09413790
Cited by: 6
Original Language: German