Understanding the Context of Cognitive Aging: Mexico and the United States

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3030701212
• ISBN13: 9783030701215
• Release Date: August 2022
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 376 Pages
• Weight: 1.21 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"