Health policy makers must actively address racial and ethnic differences in access to long-term care or risk reinforcing the effects of poverty and segregation. In order to ensure that Latino elders living alone are not going without needed care city leaders must promote a range of culturally sensitive alternatives to nursing home care within Latino communities while promoting geographic mobility for African Americans.
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