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Acknowledgments
There are many who contributed to this study. In Oregon, we received invaluable assistance from staff of the Area Agency on Aging, especially Charles Briggs, Carole Priest, and Merri Reamer. The research assistants who conducted the interviews, picked up questionnaires, put up with the heat of northeastern Oregon summers, and sometimes traveled as many as 75 to 100 miles a day to obtain the data are to be thanked for their diligence and commitment to the project: Darlene Morton, Jane Florence, Missy Peterson, Michelle Hall, and Eloisa Aguirre. We also appreciate the assistance provided by Patrice Loyer. We are also heavily indebted to Madeline McMillin, who graciously allowed us and our research assistants to use her home as both our living quarters and base of operations for the duration of this project.
We are also indebted to numerous people in completing the Taiwan phase of this project. Special thanks for their encouragement and graciousness go to Professor Sun Ching Shan, the dean of graduate studies in sociology, and Professor Lin Song Ling, at the time the chair of the department of sociology at Tunghai University, who sadly has since passed away.