Aging, health, and longevity in the Mexican-origin population

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Springer
Language
English
Pages
345

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Table of Contents

Part 1.
Latino Aging: Risks of Disability and Chronic Illness --
Overview --
Does the "Healthy Immigrant Effect" Extend to Cognitive Aging? --
Lifetime Socioeconomic Position and Functional Decline in Older Mexican Americans: Results from the Sacramento Area Latino Study on Aging --
Culture and Couples: Does Partner Disability Differentially Influence Mental Health Across Mexico and the US? --
BMI and Transitions to Disability Among Older Adults in Mexico and the United States --
Introduction: Aging, Health, and Longevity in the Mexican-Origin Population -- -- Part 2.
Contextualizing Disability: Issues of Immigration, Economics, and Family --
Overview --
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 --
On the Need for Prospective Studies on Aging and Health of the Hispanic Population in the United States --
Sociocultural Status and Burden of Disability in Aging Mexican Americans --
Contextualizing the Burden of Chronic Disease: Diabetes, Mortality and Disability in Older Mexicans --
Access to Vaccines for Latin American and Caribbean Older Adults with Disability --
Diabetes and Employment Productivity: The Effect of Duration and Management Among Mexican Americans* -- -- Part 3.
Caregiving and Long-term Care of Older Latinos: Formal and Informal Care Arrangements --
Overview --
Latinos "Aging in Place": Issues and Potential Solutions --
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 --
Latino and Non-Latino Elderly in Los Angeles County: A Pilot Study of Demographic Trends for Disability and Long-Term Care --
Long-Term Care Policy and Older Latinos --
Estimating the Demand for Long-Term Care Among Aging Mexican Americans: Cultural Preferences Versus Economic Realities --
Mexican-American Families and Dementia: An Exploration of "Work" in Response to Dementia-Related Aggressive Behavior --
Caring for the Elderly: A Binational Task --
Transnational Health Care Support --
Extending Medicare to Mexico: Impact on Mexican-Born Beneficiaries --
The Evolving Nexus of Policy, Longevity and Diversity: Agenda Setting for Latino Health and Aging --
Afterword: Human Security in Health: The Case of the Mexico-US Border.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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New York

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
362.6/996872
Library of Congress
RC451.5.H57 A35 2012, HQ1060-1064JF20-2112, QP86

The Physical Object

Pagination
xxvii, 345 pages
Number of pages
345

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL30658286M
ISBN 10
1461418666, 1461418674
ISBN 13
9781461418665, 9781461418672
LCCN
2011944510
OCLC/WorldCat
795250958

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