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Caring Across Borders: Informal Elder Care for Immigrant Families
How Suburban Communities Support Aging Newcomers

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Caring Across Borders: Informal Elder Care for Immigrant Families Discover how immigrant families are redefining elder care in America’s suburbs—where love, duty, and ingenuity meet the challenges of car‑dependent streets, language barriers, and invisible policy gaps. *Caring Across Borders* pulls back the curtain on the quiet labor of daughters, sons‑in‑law, and grandchildren who become interpreters, advocates, and lifelines for aging parents who never asked for a nursing home but deserve dignity in their new homeland.

Through vivid field stories from Chicago’s cul‑de‑sacs to the sprawling subdivisions of Texas, Virginia, and California, the book reveals how faith communities, ethnic grocery stores, park benches, and digital networks become the true infrastructure of care. It exposes the hidden costs borne by women juggling the “sandwich generation,” the precarious lives of undocumented elders, and the creative ways families stretch limited resources across borders and time zones.

Whether you’re a policymaker, healthcare provider, community organizer, or family caregiver, this essential read offers both a compassionate portrait of resilience and practical lessons for building inclusive suburbs where every elder—no matter language, status, or zip code—can age with respect, connection, and hope.

Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1 The Changing Face of the Suburbs: Immigrant Aging in America
  • Chapter 2 Cultural Traditions and the Filial Imperative
  • Chapter 3 The Geography of Care: Navigating the Suburban Landscape
  • Chapter 4 Language Barriers and the Informal Interpreter
  • Chapter 5 Multigenerational Households: Sharing Space, Negotiating Roles
  • Chapter 6 The Car Dependency Dilemma: Mobility and Isolation
  • Chapter 7 Faith Communities as Lifelines for Suburban Elders
  • Chapter 8 Navigating Healthcare Outside the Urban Core
  • Chapter 9 Transnational Ties: Caregiving Across Borders and Time Zones
  • Chapter 10 The Hidden Labor of Immigrant Women Caregivers
  • Chapter 11 Ethnic Grocery Stores, Malls, and Parks: Creating Informal Community
  • Chapter 12 Financial Strain and the Costs of Unpaid Care
  • Chapter 13 Legal Vulnerability and Undocumented Aging
  • Chapter 14 The Sandwich Generation: Raising Children While Caring for Parents
  • Chapter 15 Traditional Medicine, Folk Remedies, and Western Care
  • Chapter 16 Cultural Understandings of Mental Health and Cognitive Decline
  • Chapter 17 Overcoming Stigma: Seeking External Support
  • Chapter 18 Grassroots Networks and Community Mutual Aid
  • Chapter 19 Digital Bridges: Technology, Social Media, and Distant Relatives
  • Chapter 20 Suburban Senior Centers: Inclusion and Alienation
  • Chapter 21 The Role of Immigrant Youth in Elder Support
  • Chapter 22 Redefining Dignity and Respect in a New Homeland
  • Chapter 23 End-of-Life Traditions and Suburban Bureaucracy
  • Chapter 24 Policy Gaps: What Suburban Municipalities Overlook
  • Chapter 25 Building Inclusive Communities: The Future of Suburban Elder Care
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Author:

Brian Z. Jimenez

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