Challenges of Latino Aging in the Americas
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
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William A. Vega • Kyriakos S. Markides Jacqueline L. Angel • Fernando M. Torres-Gil Editors
Challenges of Latino Aging in the Americas
Editors William A.Vega University of Southern California Los Angeles California USA
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Kyriakos S. Markides University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston Galveston Texas USA
Fernando M. Torres-Gil School of Public Affairs University of California. Los Angeles Los Angeles California USA
Jacqueline L. Angel The University of Texas at Austin Austin Texas
ISBN 978-3-319-12597-8 ISBN 978-3-319-12598-5 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-12598-5 Springer Cham Heidelberg New York Dordrecht London Library of Congress Control Number: 2014955342 © Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. Exempted from this legal reservation are brief excerpts in connection with reviews or scholarly analysis or material supplied specifically for the purpose of being entered and executed on a computer system, for exclusive use by the purchaser of the work. Duplication of this publication or parts thereof is permitted only under the provisions of the Copyright Law of the Publisher’s location, in its current version, and permission for use must always be obtained from Springer. Permissions for use may be obtained through RightsLink at the Copyright Clearance Center. Violations are liable to prosecution under the respective Copyright Law. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. While the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication, neither the authors nor the editors nor the publisher can accept any legal responsibility for any errors or omissions that may be made. The publisher makes no warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein. Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
Preface
The Conference Series on Aging in the Americas (CAA) was launched in 2001 to promote interdisciplinary collaboration on social science issues research on health of the growing population of older Hispanics in the United States and Mexico. The current volume contains scholarly research presented during the sixth installment of the series focused on “Aging in the Americas” and was sponsored by the National Institute on Aging of the National Institutes of Health (R-13 5R13AG029767). Th
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