Understanding the Context of Cognitive Aging Mexico and the United States

This book provides a bi-national portrait of dementia in the rapidly aging Mexican-origin population in Mexico and the United States. It provides a comprehensive overview of critical conceptual and methodological issues in the study of cognitive aging and related mental and physical conditions. The...

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Other Authors: Angel, Jacqueline L. (Editor), López Ortega, Mariana (Editor), Gutierrez Robledo, Luis Miguel (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 2021, 2021
Edition:1st ed. 2021
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Part V: Section Editor: Emma Aguila
  • Chapter 16. Framing Challenges of Dementia and Mental Health Care in Mexican-origin Older Adults in Mexico and the United States: Consensus Agenda Findings and Recommendations
  • Chapter 17. Mind the Gap: A Scoping Review of Aging and Diabetes in Mexico
  • Chapter 18. Profiles of Social Coping Resources among Latinos: A Latent Latent Class Analysis
  • Chapter 8. Religious Involvement, HealthLocus of Control, and Sleep Disturbance: A Study of Older Mexican Americans
  • Part III: Caregiving and long-term care services and supports including dementia care
  • Chapter 9. Mental Health and Aging in Mexico and the United States: The New Urban Reality
  • Chapter 10. Unmet Needs for Personal Assistance among Older Adults in Mexico: 2001-2015
  • Chapter 11. Dementia Support among Older Mexican-Americans: Is Adult Day Health Center a Viable Alternative?
  • Part IV: Emerging Issues in Cognitive Aging and Mental Health
  • Chapter 12. Can Brain Health Interventions Reduce Mexico’s Dementia Burden? An Essay
  • Chapter 13. Impact of Supplemental Income on Major Depressive Episodes of Older Adults in Mexico
  • Chapter 14. The Macro Realities of Population Aging: Policy Trends Impacting Aging, Health and Mental Health in the Americas
  • Chapter 15. Gerontology and Geriatrics, Sustainable Development Goals, and the United Nations
  • Part I: Concepts, theory and measurement of mental and cognitive health Section Editor: Kyriakos Markides
  • Chapter 1. Cognitive Domains in Low Literacy Populations: The Experience of the Maracaibo Aging Study
  • Chapter 2. The Role of Discrimination on Latinxs’ Use of Mental Health Services: A LatCrit and Life-Course Perspective
  • Chapter 3. Links between Mental Health and Physical Health, Their Impact on the Quality of Life of the Elderly, and Challenges for Public Health. Chapter 4. Questions and Conundrums: How Qualitative Methods Can Help Us Understand the Health Needs of the Elderly
  • Part II: Old Diseases and New Plagues
  • Chapter 5. Potentially Modifiable Risk Factors for Dementia in Lower- and Middle-Income Countries
  • Chapter 6. Rural and Urban Differences in Cognitive Healthy Life Expectancies among Older Adults in Mexico
  • Chapter 7. A New Perspective on Redefining and Preventing Diabetes to Prevent Dementia in High-Risk Populations