Aging, Health, and Longevity in the Mexican-Origin Population

2012
ISBN: 978-1-4614-1866-5
Verlag: Springer

Buch, Englisch, 348 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 729 g

Aging, Health, and Longevity in the Mexican-Origin Population creates a foundation for an interdisciplinary discussion of the trajectory of disability and long-term care for older people of Mexican-origin from a bi-national perspective. Although the literature on Latino elders in the United States is growing, few of these studies or publications offer the breadth and depth contained in this book.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Angel, Jacqueline L.

Markides, Kyriakos

Torres-Gil, Fernando

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Umwelt- und Gesundheitspolitik
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein Demographie, Demoskopie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Soziologie der Lebensart, Well-Being
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Gesundheitssoziologie, Medizinsoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Soziologie von Migranten und Minderheiten
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Soziale Ungleichheit, Armut, Rassismus
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde Minderheiten, Interkulturelle & Multikulturelle Fragen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface and Acknowledgement.-About the Authors .-Forewords
1. Introduction.-Section 1- Latino Aging: Risks of Disability and Chronic Illness.- 2. Overview .-3. Does the “Healthy Immigrant Effect” Extend to Cognitive Aging?.-4. Lifetime Socioeconomic Position and Functional Decline in Older Mexican Americans: Results from the Sacramento Area Latino Study on Aging.-5. Cultural Differences in the Effects of Disability on Mental Health in Mexican Couples from the MHAS and MA Couples from the H-EPESE.-6.Disability: Issues of Immigration, Economics, and Family .-7. Overview.-8. A Tale of Three Paradoxes: The Weak Socioeconomic Gradients in Health among Latino Immigrants and their Relation to the Latino Health Paradox and Negative Acculturation.-9. On the Need for Prospective Studies on Aging and Health of the Hispanic Population in .-10. Sociocultural Status and Burden of Disability in Aging Mexican Americans.-11. Contextualizing the Burden of Chronic Disease: Diabetes, Mortality and Disability in Older Mexicans.-12. Access to Vaccines for Latin American and Caribbean Older Adults with Disability .-13. Diabetes and Employment Productivity: The Effect of Duration and Management among Mexican Americans.- Section 3. Caregiving and Long-term Care of Older Latinos: Formal and Informal Care Arrangements .-14. Overview15. Latinos “Aging in Place”: Issues and Potential Solutions.-16. Separate and Unequal Access and Quality of Care in Nursing Homes: Transformation of the Long Term Care Industry and Implications of the Research Program for Aging Latinos/-17. Latino and Non-Latino Elderly in Los Angeles County: A Pilot Study of Demographic Trends for Disability and Long-Term Care.-18. Long-Term Care Policy and Older Latinos
 .-19. Estimating the Demand forLong-term Care among Aging in Mexican-Americans: Cultural Preferences versus Economic Realities.-20. Mexican-American Families and Dementia: An Exploration of “Work” in Response to Dementia-Related Aggressive Behavior.-21. Caring for the Elderly: A Bi-national Task .-22. Extending Medicare to Mexico: Impact on Mexican-Born Beneficiaries/-23. The Evolving Nexus of Policy, Longevity and Diversity: Agenda Setting for Latino Health and Aging.-
24. Afterword: Human Security in Health: The Case of the Mexico–U.S. Border.