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In Mexico, as elsewhere, longer lifespans, together with shorter health spans, decreasing fertility and deep social changes result in an increasing number of vulnerable and dependent older adults, whose fate, in the context of the COVID 19 pandemic is severely compromised. This book offers a very timely and comprehensive insights into the roles of civil society organizations in advocating and providing services to this population as they defend the human and social rights of older persons. Luis Miguel Gutierrez, Director, Instituto Nacional de Geriatria, Mexico In When Strangers Become Family... the authors highlight the roles of Civil Society Organizations in promoting care services in improving quality of life in old age, from a rights-based perspective, by promoting the new human rights agenda embodied in all international conventions since the World Assembly of Aging held in Madrid. Gloria Fernandez-Mayoralas, Investigadora senior del Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas, Madrid, Spain This investigation focuses on diverse groups and their mission to enhance the quality of life of older people. Highlighted are three large groups: labor unions, groups that focus on quality of life of older people, and other groups that are guided by the ongoing struggle to protect human rights in later life. Maria Aranda, Associate professor at the University of Southern California Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work, and Executive Director of the USC Edward R. Roybal Institute on Aging An outstanding question since the emergence of mass society has been how government, public and private interest groups could organize to mitigate the hardships of people needing moral support and material assistance when intimate social networks are unable to adequately respond. This volume examines this dilemma through the lens of surging numbers of aging dependent people confronted with resource scarcity and provides insights and opportunities that transcend the geographic boundaries of the author's contextual analysis. William Vega is Emeritus Provost Professor at the University of Southern California and former Executive Director of the USC Roybal Institute on Aging

In Mexico, as elsewhere, longer lifespans, together with shorter health spans, decreasing fertility and deep social changes result in an increasing number of vulnerable and dependent older adults, whose fate, in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic is severely compromised. This book offers very timely and comprehensive insights into the roles of civil society organizations in advocating and providing services to this population as they defend the human and social rights of older persons. Luis Miguel Gutierrez, Director, Instituto Nacional de Geriatria, Mexico In When Strangers Become Family the authors highlight the roles of Civil Society Organizations in promoting care services in improving quality of life in old age, from a rights-based perspective, by promoting the new human rights agenda embodied in all international conventions since the World Assembly of Aging held in Madrid. Gloria Fernandez-Mayoralas, Investigadora senior del Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas, Madrid, Spain This investigation focuses on diverse groups and their mission toenhance the quality of life of older people. Highlighted are three large groups: labor unions, groups that focus on quality of life of older people, and other groups that are guided by the ongoing struggle to protect human rights in later life. Maria Aranda, Associate Professor at the University of Southern California Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work, and Executive Director of the USC Edward R. Roybal Institute on Aging, USA An outstanding question since the emergence of mass society has been how government, public and private interest groups could organize to mitigate the hardships of people needing moral support and material assistance when intimate social networks are unable to adequately respond. This volume examines this dilemma through the lens of surging numbers of aging dependent people confronted with resource scarcity and provides insights and opportunities that transcend the geographic boundaries of the author's contextual analysis. William Vega, Emeritus Provost Professor at the University of Southern California and former Executive Director of the USC Roybal Institute on Aging, USA

In Mexico, as elsewhere, longer lifespans, together with shorter health spans, decreasing fertility and deep social changes result in an increasing number of vulnerable and dependent older adults, whose fate, in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic is severely compromised. This book offers very timely and comprehensive insights into the roles of civil society organizations in advocating and providing services to this population as they defend the human and social rights of older persons. Luis Miguel Gutiérrez, Director, Instituto Nacional de Geriatría, México In When Strangers Become Family the authors highlight the roles of Civil Society Organizations in promoting care services in improving quality of life in old age, from a rights-based perspective, by promoting the new human rights agenda embodied in all international conventions since the World Assembly of Aging held in Madrid. Gloria Fernández-Mayoralas, Investigadora senior del Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Madrid, Spain This investigation focuses on diverse groups and their mission toenhance the quality of life of older people. Highlighted are three large groups: labor unions, groups that focus on quality of life of older people, and other groups that are guided by the ongoing struggle to protect human rights in later life. Maria Aranda, Associate Professor at the University of Southern California Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work, and Executive Director of the USC Edward R. Roybal Institute on Aging, USA An outstanding question since the emergence of mass society has been how government, public and private interest groups could organize to mitigate the hardships of people needing moral support and material assistance when intimate social networks are unable to adequately respond. This volume examines this dilemma through the lens of surging numbers of aging dependent people confronted with resource scarcity and provides insights and opportunities that transcend the geographic boundaries of the author's contextual analysis. William Vega, Emeritus Provost Professor at the University of Southern California and former Executive Director of the USC Roybal Institute on Aging, USA

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Ronald J. Angel is Professor of Sociology at the University of Texas-Austin and coauthor, along with Jacqueline L. Angel, of Family, Intergenerational Solidarity, and Post-Traditional Society and Latinos in an Aging World. Verónica Montes-de-Oca Zavala is Professor of Sociology and Demography at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM). She is the author of Envejecimiento en América Latina y el Caribe. UNAM and Oxford Institute of Ageing Population.

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