Latino Families in Later Life

Jacqueline L. Angel is the Wilbur J. Cohen Professor of Health and Social Policy and Professor of Sociology at The University of Texas at Austin’s Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs. Her research examines health and retirement issues in the U.S., with a focus on older minorities and the impact of social policy on the Hispanic population and Mexican American families. Dr. Angel is the author, co-author, or editor of over 100 journal articles connected to her research, 40 book chapters, and more than a dozen books.Sunshine Rote is Associate Dean of Research and Associate Professor in the Raymond A. Kent School of Social Work and Family Science at the University of Louisville. Her research addresses health and aging, race and ethnicity, and caregiving broadly. In particular, she explores the social, economic, and health challenges related to the care of a rapidly aging and ethnically diverse population. Dr. Rote has published widely on these topics, with her work appearing in a number of prominent peer-reviewed journals and edited volumes.

• Foreword, by Rogelio Sáenz Part 1: Setting the Stage 1. Latino Families in Later Life: A New Caregiver Paradigm 2. Extending the Epidemiological Paradigm 3. Contextualizing Living Alone and Loneliness in Late Life Part 2: Caregiving and the Ecology of Support 4. Who Will Care for Us? 5. The Story of Mexican Americans and the Ecology of Support Part 3: Solutions and Next Directions 6. Dementia Interventions and the Ecology of Support 7. Increasing Options in Community-Based Care: Tradition and Change 8. Reimagining An Ecology of Support: The New Caregiver Contract

"The book consistently returns to a core insight: that caregiving is both universal and uneven, both sacred and strained [...] Ultimately, this is not just a book about Latino families, it is a book about the future of care in a multiracial, aging society”Rogelio Sáenz, from the Foreword.