Understanding the Context of Cognitive Aging Mexico and the United States

Title:

ISBN:

9783030701192

Edition:

1st ed. 2021.

Publication Information New:

Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2021.

Physical Description:

XIII, 376 p. 30 illus. online resource.

Contents:

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 -- Chapter 8. Religious Involvement, Health Locus 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 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.

Abstract:

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 book examines the sources of vulnerability and their consequences for Mexican-origin and for "aging in place". By providing a combination of new knowledge, empirical evidence, and fresh approaches of dementia support in later life, this book will contribute to moving the field of Mexican-origin aging and health forward. By focusing on the serious challenges in old-age support for older people with dementia and neurocognitive disorders in two different contexts, this book will deepen academics, researchers, students and young investigators understanding of what is necessary to achieve optional care.

Subject Term:

Age distribution (Demography).

Population and Demography.

Neurology.

Added Author:

Angel, Jacqueline L.

López Ortega, Mariana.

Gutierrez Robledo, Luis Miguel.