#1. Overview of Cultural Competency: Considerations for Older Adults

Jill Black Lattanzi, PT, EdD
Delaware Technical and Community College, Wilmington, Delaware
Southern Delaware Physical Therapy, Lewes, Delaware

#2. Religious Issues

Salome Brooks, PT,MBA
Sacred Heart University, Fairfield, Connecticut

#3. Rehabilitation and American Indian Elders

Teresa M. Cochran, PT, DPT, GCS,MA
Creighton University Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska

Carl T. Curtis
Health Education Center, Macy, Nebraska
Winnebago US Public Health Service/ Indian Health Service Hospital Winnebago, Nebraska

#4. Caribbean Culture

Sonya L.Welch Larrieux, PT,MA
Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts

Marilys G. Randolph, PT, PhD
Hampton University, Hampton,Virginia

Sylvene T. Blissett, PT, MPH, DPT, PCS
Touro College, New York,New York

#5. Developing Cultural Competence: Working With Older Adults of Hispanic Origin

Ronnie L. Leavitt, PT, PhD,MPH
University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut

#6. An Overview of East Asian Cultures for Physical Therapists

Wen Ling, PT, PhD
New York University, New York, NY

#7. Historical and Contemporary Factors Influencing
Health Care Delivery to the Alaska Native People

Patricia McAdoo, PT, MEd
United States Public Health Service, Retired, Anchorage, Alaska

Jeanne Eder, PhD
University of Alaska Anchorage, Anchorage, Alaska

#8. Cultural Competence for the Physical Therapist:
Working With Clients With Alternative Lifestyles

Larry D. Purnell, PhD, RN, FAAN
University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware
Middlesex University, London, United Kingdom
University of Panama, Panama City, Panama
Excelsior College, Albany, New York

#9. African Americans: Young-old and Older- 65 Years and Beyond

Gene Elizabeth Gary-Williams, PhD
Howard University in Washington, DC, Upper Marlboro, Maryland