1979

PhD Anthropology

Columbia University

 1974

MA Anthropology

Columbia University

 1972

BA Anthropology

Columbia University

Minority aging; African-American elders' long-term care choices; informal support; environment and aging; global aging; cross-cultural comparison of aging issues; qualitative research methods.

L. Groger and J.M. Kinney (2006).  "CCRC Here We Come!  Reasons for Moving to a Continuing Care Retirement Community." Journal of Housing for the Elderly, Volume 20, Number 4, pp. 79-101.

L. Groger (2006).  "Gifts or Poison? The Cultural Context of Using Public Funds to Pay Family Caregivers."  In S.R. Kunkel and V. Wellin (Eds.), Consumer Voice and Choice in Long-Term Care (pp. 221-231).  New York: Springer Publishing Company.

D. Shenk and L. Groger (2005).  "Introduction: Aging Education in a Global Context."  In D. Shenk and L. Groger (Eds.) Aging Education in a Global Context (pp. 1-7).  New York:  The Haworth Press 2005.

D. Shenk and L. Groger (Guest Co-Editors of Special Issue) (2005).  Gerontology and Geriatrics Education, Volume 26, Number 1.

K.B. McGrew, L. Groger, S.R. Kunkel (2003).  The Costs of Triple Jeopardy:  Aging, Developmental Disabilities and Ohio's Impending Care Shift.  Oxford, OH:  Scripps Gerontology Center, Miami University.

 L. Groger (2002).  "Coming to Terms:  African-Americans' Complex Ways of Coping With Life In A Nursing Home." International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 55(3), 181-203.

 L. Groger and P.S. Mayberry (2001).  "Caring too much?  Cultural Lag in African Americans' Perceptions of Filial Responsibilities." Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology, Volume 16, pp. 21-39.

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