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Japanese American Caregivers of Individuals with Dementia

Abstract As the population of the United States continues to live longer than in previous years, a larger number of older adults are being diagnosed with dementia or other memory-related conditions. The individuals who experience a tremendous amount of stress and burden are the caregivers for the individual with dementia. The majority of the dementia caregiver research has been conducted on Caucasian caregivers, and to a lesser extent on Latino and African American caregivers. However, there is a paucity of research based on Japanese American care-givers. An understanding of how Japanese culture often affects Japanese American caregivers will assist clinicians in providing culturally competent health care to this group of caregivers. The authors provide an overview of the Japanese caregiver literature, followed by a discussion of traditional Japanese cultural values as they apply to a case example that illustrates the interaction of Japanese cultural values and dementia care-giving.