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Challenges of Latino Aging in the Americas / / edited by William A. Vega, Kyriakos S. Markides, Jacqueline L. Angel, Fernando M. Torres-Gil
| Challenges of Latino Aging in the Americas / / edited by William A. Vega, Kyriakos S. Markides, Jacqueline L. Angel, Fernando M. Torres-Gil |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2015.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2015 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (429 p.) |
| Disciplina |
300
301 304.6 305.26 330 |
| Soggetto topico |
Demography
Population Aging Sociology Population Economics Sociology, general |
| ISBN | 3-319-12598-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Preface: William A. Vega -- Section 1 - Demographic and Economic Implications for Health and Well-being (Perspective) in Mexico and the USA: An Overview: Jacqueline L. Angel -- 1: Overview: The Growing Importance of Educational Attainment and Retirement Security of Mexican-Origin Adults in the U.S. and in Mexico: Marie Mora -- 2: The Future of Hispanics May Determine the Socioeconomic Future of the United States: Steve H. Murdock, Michael Cline, and Mary Zey -- 3: The Train Has Left the Station: Latino Aging in the New South: Gregory B. Weeks and John R. Weeks -- 4: Of Work and the Welfare State: Labor Market Activity of Mexican-Origin Seniors: Mariana Campos Horta and Marta Tienda, -- 5: Aging and Retirement Security: United States of America and Mexico: Jorge Bravo, Nicole Mun Sim Lai, Gretchen Donehower, and Ivan Mejia‐Guevara -- Section 2 - New Data and Methodological Approaches on Aging Research in Mexico and the United States: Kyriakos S. Markides: 6: -- Overview: New Data and Methodological Approaches on Aging Research in Mexico and the United States: Flávia Cristina Drumond Andrade -- 7: Self-employment, Health Insurance, and Return Migration of Middle-Aged and Elderly Mexican Males: Emma Aguila, Raquel Fonseca, and Alma Vega.-8: Lifelines: The implications of migrant remittances and transnational elder care for the financial security of low-income Hispanic immigrants in the United States: Chenoa Flippen -- 9: Dementia Informal Caregiving in Latinos: What Does the Qualitative Literature Tell Us?: Ester Carolina Apesoa-Varano, Yarin Gomez, and Ladson Hinton -- 10: Prevalence and Determinants of Falls among older Mexicans: Findings from the Mexican National Health and Nutrition Survey: María P. Aranda, Mariana López-Ortega, and Luis Miguel Gutiérrez Robledo -- Section 3 - Bi-national, Trans-national Migration Perspectives: Mexico, Latin America, and the U.S.A.: William A. Vega: Overview: Bi-national, Trans-national Migration Perspectives: Mexico, Latin America, and the U.S.A.: William A. Vega and Stipica Mudrazija -- 12: The Demography of the Elderly in the Americas: The Case of the United States and Mexico: Rogelio Sáenz -- 13: Access to Medical Care and Family Arrangements among Mexican Elderly Immigrants Living in the United States: Verónica Montes-de-Oca, Telésforo Ramírez, Nadia Santillanes, San Juanita García, and Rogelio Sáenz -- 14: Intergenerational Transfers in Urban Mexico: Residential Location of Children and Their Siblings: Nekehia Quashie -- 15: Texas Self-Help Informal Settlement & Colonia Housing Conditions, Aging, and Health Status: Peter M. Ward -- 16: Achieving Sobriety among Latino Older Adults: Erick G. Guerrero, Tenie Khachikian, Yinfei Kong, William A. Vega -- 17: The Profile of Mexican Elder Migration Flow Into the US (2004-2013): Silvia Mejía-Arango, Roberto Ham-Chande, and Marie-Laure Coubes -- Section 4 - Cost and Coverage: Fiscal Impacts: Fernando M. Torres-Gil: 18: Overview: Policy Responses, political realities and Cross-National Variations: Responding to Health and Social Needs of the Latino Century: Fernando M. Torres-Gil -- 19: Profile of Pre-Retirement Age Hispanics in the Medicaid and Private Insurance Markets: Expanding vs. Non-Expanding States: Henry S. Brown III, Kimberly J. Wilson, and Jacqueline L. Angel -- 20: Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Willingness to Pay for Improved Health: Evidence from the Aging Population: Olufolake O. Odufuwa, Robert P. Berrens, and Robert Burciaga Valdez -- 21: The Economic Security of Latino Baby Boomers: Implications for Future Retirees and for Healthcare Funding in the U.S.: Zachary D. Gassoumis, Kathleen H. Wilber, and Fernando M. Torres-Gil -- 22: Present State of Elder Care in Mexico: Luis Miguel Gutiérrez Robledo, Raúl Hernán Medina Campos, and Mariana López Ortega -- 23: Pension Reform, Civil Society, and Old Age Security in Latin America: Ronald J. Angel and Javier Pereira -- 24: The Politics of Aging in a Majority-Minority Nation: Courtney M. Demko and Fernando M. Torres-Gil -- Epilogue: Jacqueline L. Angel. . |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910483262103321 |
| Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2015 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Handbook of Sociology of Aging [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Richard A. Settersten, Jr., Jacqueline L. Angel
| Handbook of Sociology of Aging [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Richard A. Settersten, Jr., Jacqueline L. Angel |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2011.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, NY : , : Springer New York : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2011 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (681 p.) |
| Disciplina | 305.26 |
| Collana | Handbooks of Sociology and Social Research |
| Soggetto topico |
Aging
Public health Social policy Quality of life Public Health Social Policy Quality of Life Research |
| ISBN |
1-4419-7374-5
1-299-19688-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Preface -- Scholarly Foreword -- Policy Foreword -- I. HISTORICAL TRENDS IN THE SOCIOLOGY OF AGING.-Trends in the Sociology of Aging: Thirty Year Observations.- II.THEORIES AND METHODS IN THE SOCIOLOGY OF AGING -- Theoretical Perspectives on the Sociology of Aging -- Aging Individuals, Families, and Societies: Micro-Meso-Macro Linkages in the Life Course.- Widening the View: Capturing “Unobserved” Heterogeneity in Studies of Age and the Life Course.- III.SOCIAL DIVERSITY AND INEQUALITIES OF AGING.- Gender and Aging.-Race, Ethnicity, and Aging -- Immigration, Aging, and Health in the United States.-Global Aging.- Diversity and Family Relations in an Aging Society.- IV. SOCIAL RELATIONSHIPS AND AGING -- Social Relations and Aging.- Intergenerational Relations in Later-Life Families -- The Midlife Financial Squeeze: Intergenerational Transfers of Financial Resources within Aging Families.- The Demography of Unions Among Older Americans, 1980–Present: A Family Change Approach -- V.SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS AND AGING -- Rethinking Retirement.- Learning and Aging.- The Midlife Years: Human Capital and Job Mobility.- The Changing Worlds of Family and Work.- Developing Age-Friendly Communities: New Approaches to Growing Old in Urban Environments -- VI. ECONOMIES, GOVERNMENT, AND AGING.- Crises and Old Age Politics.-Welfare States: Protecting or Risking Old Age.-Volunteering in Later Life: From Disengagement to Civic Engagement.- Business and Aging: The Boomer Effect on Consumers and Marketing.- Consumption and Aging.-VII. SOCIAL VULNERABILITIES AND AGING.-Planning for Old Age.- Responses of the Long-Term Care System to Recent Natural Disasters.-Elder Mistreatment -- Crime, the Law, and Aging.-Aging Veterans: Needs and Provisions -- VIII. PUBLIC HEALTH AND AGING -- Health and Aging: Early Origins, Persistent Inequalities?.- Mental Health and Aging: A Life-Course Perspective.- Aging with HIV/AIDS -- Obesity: A Sociological Examination.- Religious Involvement, Health Status, and Mortality Risk -- IX. CARE ARRANGEMENTS AND AGING -- Civil Society and Eldercare in Post-Traditional Society.- Population Aging, Health Systems, and Equity: Shared Challenges for the United States and Canada.-Long-Term Care: Tradition and Innovation -- Caregiving and the Life Course: Connecting the Personal and the Public -- X. SOCIOLOGICAL LIVES: PERSONAL REFLECTIONS ON THE SOCIOLOGY OF AGING -- Gerontology with a “J”: Personal Reflections on Theory-Building in the Sociology of Aging -- The Sociology of Aging and the Life Course Comes of Age -- Long Time Coming, Not Here Yet: The Possibilities of the Social in Age and Life Course Studies -- Looking Back: My Half Century as a Sociologist of Aging and Society -- As Time Goes By: Gerontological and Life Course Musings.- Studying Age Across Borders -- Living the Gendered Life Course in Time and Space -- XI. THE FUTURE OF THE SOCIOLOGY OF AGING- Sociology of Aging in the Decade Ahead -- About the Editors and Contributors. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910785506303321 |
| New York, NY : , : Springer New York : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2011 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Handbook of the sociology of aging / / Richard A. Settersten, Jacqueline L. Angel, editors
| Handbook of the sociology of aging / / Richard A. Settersten, Jacqueline L. Angel, editors |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2011.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : Springer, 2011 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (681 p.) |
| Disciplina | 305.26 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
AngelJacqueline L
SetterstenRichard A |
| Collana | Handbooks of sociology and social research |
| Soggetto topico |
Gerontology
Older people - Social aspects |
| ISBN |
1-4419-7374-5
1-299-19688-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | pt. 1. Historical trends in the sociology of aging -- pt. 2. Theories and methods in the sociology of aging -- pt. 3. Social diversity and inequalities of aging -- pt. 4. Social relationships and aging -- pt. 5. Social institutions and aging -- pt. 6. Economies, government, and aging -- pt. 7. Social vunerabilities and aging -- pt. 8. Public health and aging -- pt. 9. Care arrangements and aging -- pt. 10. Sociological lives : personal reflections on the sociology of aging -- pt. 11. The future of the sociology of aging. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910812397103321 |
| New York, : Springer, 2011 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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