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Mid America Convalescent Center is one of a growing number of Chicago-area nursing homes that assemble residents by ethnicity. Asians live on one floor, Hispanics are on another. Continuing traditions Each group has its traditional food and activities, and a staff that speaks its language. Within a few miles are other facilities doing the same for Poles, Russians, Indians and Koreans. There have long been nursing homes that cater to certain nationalities and religions, or become popular with different ethnic groups. But in Chicago, with the nation's third-largest number of foreign-born residents, that sort of specialization is becoming increasingly common and formalized, said Kevin Kavanaugh, spokesman for the Illinois Council on Long Term Care...
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