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Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Prologue -- Acknowledgments -- SECTION 1: THE ART OF CAREGIVING: POLICIES AND SERVICES -- INTRODUCTION -- CHAPTER 1: The Interface between Family Responsibility and State Responsibility in Caring for the Elderly in Israel -- CHAPTER 2: Consumer-Directed Services at Home for Older People in the United States -- CHAPTER 3: Residential Care: Informed Choices -- CHAPTER 4: New Demands on Education and Training for the Care of Old People: The Case of Israel -- SECTION 2: THE ART OF FAMILY CARE -- INTRODUCTION -- CHAPTER 5: In Care and On Call: The Endangered System of Australian Family-Based Caregiving -- CHAPTER 6: The Challenges and Issues Confronting Family Caregivers to Elderly Cancer Patients -- CHAPTER 7: Letting Go and Holding On: Support for the Carer and Dementia Care in the Final Stage -- SECTION 3: THE ART OF LETTING GO -- INTRODUCTION -- CHAPTER 8: Bioethics and End-of-Life Issues -- CHAPTER 9: End-of-Life Care in Israel -- CHAPTER 10: The Dying Patient: Israeli Attitudes and Proposals -- CHAPTER 11: Advance Directives -- CHAPTER 12: Resources, Autonomy, and Lack of Focus on the Common Good: End-of-Life Decision Making for Older Patients in the United States -- CHAPTER 13: Palliative Care for the Aged Community: An Australian Perspective -- Epilogue -- Glossary -- Coeditors and Contributors -- Index

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 well-being of aging Mexicans and Mexican Americans. The book provides a conceptual and accessible framework that will educate and inform readers about the interconnectedness of the demographic trends facing these two countries. It also explores the ultimate personal, social, and political impact they will have on all Americans, in the U.S. as well as Mexico. Challenges of Latino Aging in the Americas features papers presented at the 2013 International Conference on Aging in the Americas, held at the University of Texas at Austin, September 2013. It brings together the work of many leading scholars from the fields of sociology, demography, psychology, anthropology, geography, social work, geriatric medicine, epidemiology, and public affairs. Coverage in this edited collection includes working with diverse populations; culturally compatible interventions for diverse elderly; the health, mental health, and social needs and concerns of aging Latinos; and the policy, political, and bi-lateral implications of aging and diversity in the U.S. and Mexico. The book provides a rich blend of empirical evidence with insightful, cutting-edge analysis that will serve as an insightful resource for researchers and policy makers, professors and graduate students in a wide range of fields, from sociology and demography to economics and political science.

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 well-being of aging Mexicans and Mexican Americans. The book provides a conceptual and accessible framework that will educate and inform readers about the interconnectedness of the demographic trends facing these two countries. It also explores the ultimate personal, social, and political impact they will have on all Americans, in the U.S. a