Elderly Latinos

Author : William A. Vega,Kyriakos S. Markides,Jacqueline L. Angel,Fernando M. Torres-Gil
Publisher : Springer
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2015-03-18
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783319125985

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Challenges of Latino Aging in the Americas by William A. Vega,Kyriakos S. Markides,Jacqueline L. Angel,Fernando M. Torres-Gil Pdf

This book examines one of the most important demographic changes facing the United States: an overall aging population and the increasing influence of Latinos. It also looks at the changing demographics in Mexico and its impact on the health and financial well-being of aging Mexicans and Mexican Americans. The book provides a conceptual and accessible framework that will educate and inform readers about the interconnectedness of the demographic trends facing these two countries. It also explores the ultimate personal, social, and political impact they will have on all Americans, in the U.S. as well as Mexico. Challenges of Latino Aging in the Americas features papers presented at the 2013 International Conference on Aging in the Americas, held at the University of Texas at Austin, September 2013. It brings together the work of many leading scholars from the fields of sociology, demography, psychology, anthropology, geography, social work, geriatric medicine, epidemiology, and public affairs. Coverage in this edited collection includes working with diverse populations; culturally compatible interventions for diverse elderly; the health, mental health, and social needs and concerns of aging Latinos; and the policy, political, and bi-lateral implications of aging and diversity in the U.S. and Mexico. The book provides a rich blend of empirical evidence with insightful, cutting-edge analysis that will serve as an insightful resource for researchers and policy makers, professors and graduate students in a wide range of fields, from sociology and demography to economics and political science. ​

Author : Ronald J. Angel,Jacqueline L. Angel
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2014-07-25
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9781317804932

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Latinos in an Aging World by Ronald J. Angel,Jacqueline L. Angel Pdf

This book fosters a deeper understanding of the growing Latino elderly population and the implications on society. It examines post-WWII demographic and social changes and summarizes research from sociology, psychology, economics, and public health to shed light on the economic, physical, and mental well-being of older Latinos. The political and cultural implications including possible policy changes are also considered. Written in an engaging style, each chapter opens with a vignette that puts a human face on the issues. Boxed exhibits highlight social programs and policies and physical and mental health challenges that impact Latino elders. Web alerts direct readers to sites that feature more detailed information related to the chapter’s issues. Each chapter also features an introduction, examples, tables, figures, a summary, and discussion questions. The self-contained chapters can be presented in any order. Latinos in an Aging World explores: Real world problems individuals face in dealing with poverty, immigration, and health and retirement decisions The latest data on Latinos as compared to research on African- and Asian- Americans where appropriate The unique historical, demographic, social, familial, and economic situations of various Latino subgroups including those from Mexico, Puerto Rico, and Cuba How ethnicity affects one’s position of wealth and power and sense of citizenship. The consequence of life-long disadvantages and stigmatization on economic, physical, and mental well-being The impact of one’s neighborhood and the proximity to those from similar cultures on quality of life. The introduction motivates the book and sets the stage for the entire discussion. Chapter 1 reviews the histories of the major Hispanic subgroups along with various theories as they relate to race, ethnicity, and gender that provide a conceptual framework for understanding the later chapters. Demographic, economic, and social profiles of the various Hispanic subgroups are explored in chapter 2. Next the Latino population is explored from various perspectives including the economic and social situations of men and women and their educational, marital and family, and labor force experiences. Chapter 4 examines older immigrants and their families and identifies the resources available to them in their communities that often replicate the cultural and social support system of the old country. Major health risks that older Latinos face as a result of the disadvantages they experience throughout life are examined in chapter 5. Family situations and long-term care and living arrangements of older Hispanics are examined in chapter 6. The impact of neighborhood on quality of life in terms of safety and physical and mental wellbeing is explored in chapter 7. The burden that eldercare can place upon those who bear the responsibility of their daily care is explored in chapter 8. Chapter 9 investigates the gaps in income between minority and non-Hispanic white Americans and reviews what individuals with few resources need to know about financial management. The book concludes with the social, political, and economic implications of the growing Hispanic population and the role of NGOs and other organizations in providing services to older populations. Intended for courses on Latinos and aging, diversity, race and ethnicity, minorities and aging, adult development and aging, the psychology or sociology or politics of aging, geriatric social work, public health and aging, global aging, social or family policy, and health and society taught in the behavioral and social sciences, ethnic, or Latin American/Chicano Studies, this book also appeals to researchers and practitioners who work with Hispanic families.

Author : Jacqueline L. Angel,Keith E. Whitfield
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 303 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2007-08-06
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9780387472089

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The Health of Aging Hispanics by Jacqueline L. Angel,Keith E. Whitfield Pdf

This timely and much-needed book addresses the demographic trends affecting the Latinos in the United States, Mexico and Latin America, looking at the health concerns and of this growing population, as it ages. Further examination of this previously understudied group– now the nation’s largest minority group – offers the possibility to promote healthy aging for the entire nation. As international immigration continues to increase, collections such as this are critical for understanding the social and health consequences of this immigration.

Author : Melvin Delgado
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2021-04-14
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781317825708

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Latino Elders and the Twenty-First Century by Melvin Delgado Pdf

Latino Elders and the Twenty-First Century: Issues and Challenges for Culturally Competent Research and Practice will help social workers, researchers, and organizations identify and analyze ways of meeting the demands of the increasing number of elderly Latinos. Working from conceptual frameworks, case studies, and examples, this book provides you with a demographic picture of Latino elders and investigates the needs of ethnic-specific groups. Latino Elders and the Twenty-First Century will help you develop and create culturally competent intervention methods that take the culture, beliefs, and situations of Latino elders into consideration. Addressing the future challenges to individuals involved in the field of gerontology, this book offers you current studies on the assessment of present services for Latino elders, how they can be improved, and why these individuals may be reluctant to seek financial or medical help. Latino Elders and the Twenty-First Century will assist you in devising policies and programs aimed at improving services for Latino elders, including: providing Latino and non-Latino staff with an understanding of culturally competent principles, such as values, knowledge, and skills, that will help them give attention to individual and cultural needs improving staff development by assessing issues and underlying causes of client problems using the self and other cultural awareness models to help professionals realize their own values, attitudes, and behaviors examining community resources, such as gift shops, clothing shops, and beauty parlors in Puerto Rican communities that offer interpreter services, integration of the lonely, and community leadership to the elderly considering family structure and personal identification to facilitate access to health care services minimizing stress of caregivers by fully understanding how they identify their roles within their families, evaluating their needs and capacity as caregivers, and offering counseling approaches that recognize the dynamics of caregiving examining contributing factors to substance abuse among elders and researching incidence, prevalence, patterns of use, etiology, and consequences of this behavior Latino Elders and the Twenty-First Century explores the possibilities of further research in the areas of substance abuse among the elderly and the importance of businesses in ethnic communities to meet the growing needs of clients. In order to assist specific groups of Latinos, this book examines social and medical needs and services for Dominicans, Puerto Ricans, and Yaqui elders of Old Pascua. Latino Elders and the Twenty-First Century will help you develop culturally sensitive programs for individual clients and diminish barriers to service.

Author : Jacqueline L. Angel,Fernando Torres-Gil,Kyriakos Markides
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 353 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2012-02-08
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9781461418672

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Aging, Health, and Longevity in the Mexican-Origin Population by Jacqueline L. Angel,Fernando Torres-Gil,Kyriakos Markides Pdf

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.

Author : Marta Sotomayor,Herman Curiel
Publisher : University of Texas-Pan American Press
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : UTEXAS:059173017840168

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Hispanic Elderly by Marta Sotomayor,Herman Curiel Pdf

A collection of ten scholarly articles based on a research study conducted by the National Hispanic Council on Aging (NHCoA). Data was collected from Mexican-American and Puerto Rican elderly residing in the rural areas of Northern New Mexico and the Rio Grande Valley of Texas, and from the urban areas of San Antonio, Texas, and Hartford, Connecticut. The authors discuss acculturation levels, psychological strengths, life satisfaction, coping styles, religiosity, caregiving issues, traditional assumptions about extended familism, health status, economic supports as well as methodological issues regarding scales measuring self esteem, life satisfaction and mastery, health and economic status, and future directions.

Author : Laura Katz Olson
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Minorities
ISBN : 9780742501140

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Age Through Ethnic Lenses by Laura Katz Olson Pdf

The book covers aged care for the following groups of elderly people: Asians (Chinese, Japanese, Vietnamese); Latinos (Mexicans, Puerto Ricans); Africans; Native Americans; religious groups (Mormons, Amish, Jewish, Arab); Europeans (Polish, Irish, Italian, Greek); gay and lesbian elderly; rural elderly.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 174 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Hispanic American Aged
ISBN : UOM:39015016291570

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Elderly Latinos by Anonim Pdf

Author : Betty R. Navedo Barsa
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 0815332459

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The Independence of Urban Hispanic Elderly by Betty R. Navedo Barsa Pdf

First published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Author : Marjorie H. Cantor,Mark Brennan, PhD
Publisher : Springer Publishing Company
Page : 361 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2000-02-29
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780826197030

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Social Care of the Elderly by Marjorie H. Cantor,Mark Brennan, PhD Pdf

"A welcome addition to the literature in this important area of work, that builds on...the empirical studies which have illuminated our understanding of the requirements of effective service provision. The final section...is, in a real sense, a call for action, for all of us in the field and for public officials and 'opinion makers' to respond to the need for 'Social Care' now and in the new millenium."--from the foreword by Rose Dobrof, DSW, Brookdale Professor of Gerontology, Hunter College, and James R. Dumpson, PhD, Chairman of Policy Center for Aging, New York Community Trust Based on two groundbreaking studies of older people in an urban setting, this important book focuses on access to social services for different ethnicities. Cantor and Brennan review different models and provide the theoretical base for the book in Part I. They describe ways in which the complementary roles of informal and formal systems change as a function of the health status of older people. In Part II, they illustrate the ways in which ethnicity, class, and culture affect the roles of the formal and informal systems by focusing on specific case studies of African American, Latino, and Jewish elderly.

Author : Tanya F. Johnson
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 433 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 1999-06-30
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 9780313032646

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Handbook on Ethical Issues in Aging by Tanya F. Johnson Pdf

Johnson addresses ethical issues in aging in a variety of contexts—the social cultural environment, physical health care, mental health care, social health care, legal care, and spiritual care. Because long-term aging has created a new generation of older adults, some new issues are emerging which need to be addressed from an ethical perspective—elder abuse, physician assisted suicide, dementia, intergenerational equity, guardianship, and living wills. A wide range of experts including physicians, philosophers, lawyers, social workers, nurses, sociologists, public health persons, theologians, historians, and ethicists share their insights on the ethical issues and dilemmas older adults in American society are facing or are likely to face over the life course. Of interest to undergraduate and graduate faculty and students in sociology, social work and social services practitioners, policymakers, and academic and professional libraries.

Author : Kurt C. Organista
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2007-05-04
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780470140413

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Solving Latino Psychosocial and Health Problems by Kurt C. Organista Pdf

The most current and relevant best practices for working with diverse groups within Latino culture It is estimated that in just two generations, the United States will follow Mexico with the second largest Latino population in the world. Optimistic and timely, Solving Latino Psychosocial and Health Problems addresses the social welfare of this important ethnic community. Noted expert Kurt Organista employs a practice-oriented approach to addressing the interwoven psychosocial and health-related concerns that impact this community and offers thoughtful and much-needed solutions. This important book realistically considers the Latino community's imposing and rapidly growing population size, complex set of challenging issues, and the tremendous diversity between and within each major U.S. Latino group. Section I applies a series of highly relevant frameworks to deepen your understanding of the historical and current cultural and social experiences of diverse Latino populations in the United States, ending with a unique practice model for working with Latinos. Section II provides detailed illustrations of the best and most promising practices for working with various Latino populations. A must-read for practitioners, students, and policy makers, Solving Latino Psychosocial and Health Problems richly embraces the distinctness of the wide range of Latino ethnic identities in the United States and provides a practical and thought-provoking resource relevant to a broad range of helping professionals.

Author : Ramón Valle,Lydia Mendoza
Publisher : San Diego State University Press
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1978
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : UOM:39015046956093

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The Elder Latino by Ramón Valle,Lydia Mendoza Pdf

A cross-cultural study of minority elders in San Diego.

Author : United States. Congress. House. Select Committee on Aging
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Hispanic Americans
ISBN : LOC:00017637381

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Hispanic and Indian elderly by United States. Congress. House. Select Committee on Aging Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Diabetes
ISBN : UTEXAS:059173007529041

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Building Understanding to Prevent and Control Diabetes Among Hispanics/Latinos by Anonim Pdf

Literature review of the diabetes and related health status of Hispanics/Latinos.