Aging, health, and longevity in the Mexican-origin population
By: Jacqueline L. Angel, Fernando Torres-Gil, Kyriakos Markides, editors
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 345
ISBN-13: 9781461418665; 9781461418672
Subjects: Aging; Older Hispanic Americans; Ethnology; Health Services for the Aged; Longevity; Health Status Disparities; Mexican Americans; Medical care; Health Status
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Part 1.; title: Latino Aging: Risks of Disability and Chronic Illness --; title: Overview --; title: Does the "Healthy Immigrant Effect" Extend to Cognitive Aging? --; title: Lifetime Socioeconomic Position and Functional Decline in Older Mexican Americans: Results from the Sacramento Area Latino Study on Aging --; title: Culture and Couples: Does Partner Disability Differentially Influence Mental Health Across Mexico and the US? --; title: BMI and Transitions to Disability Among Older Adults in Mexico and the United States --; title: Introduction: Aging, Health, and Longevity in the Mexican-Origin Population -- -- Part 2.; title: Contextualizing Disability: Issues of Immigration, Economics, and Family --; title: Overview --; title: A Tale of Three Paradoxes: The Weak Socioeconomic Gradients in Health Among Hispanic Immigrants and Their Relation to the Hispanic Health Paradox and Negative Acculturation --; title: On the Need for Prospective Studies on Aging and Health of the Hispanic Population in the United States --; title: Sociocultural Status and Burden of Disability in Aging Mexican Americans --; title: Contextualizing the Burden of Chronic Disease: Diabetes, Mortality and Disability in Older Mexicans --; title: Access to Vaccines for Latin American and Caribbean Older Adults with Disability --; title: Diabetes and Employment Productivity: The Effect of Duration and Management Among Mexican Americans* -- -- Part 3.; title: Caregiving and Long-term Care of Older Latinos: Formal and Informal Care Arrangements --; title: Overview --; title: Latinos "Aging in Place": Issues and Potential Solutions --; title: 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 Hispanics --; title: Latino and Non-Latino Elderly in Los Angeles County: A Pilot Study of Demographic Trends for Disability and Long-Term Care --; title: Long-Term Care Policy and Older Latinos --; title: Estimating the Demand for Long-Term Care Among Aging Mexican Americans: Cultural Preferences Versus Economic Realities --; title: Mexican-American Families and Dementia: An Exploration of "Work" in Response to Dementia-Related Aggressive Behavior --; title: Caring for the Elderly: A Binational Task --; title: Transnational Health Care Support --; title: Extending Medicare to Mexico: Impact on Mexican-Born Beneficiaries --; title: The Evolving Nexus of Policy, Longevity and Diversity: Agenda Setting for Latino Health and Aging --; title: Afterword: Human Security in Health: The Case of the Mexico-US Border.