Aging may be a universal experience, but culture and ethnicity affect how aging relatives fit into the family picture. Latino families, says CPHHS Assistant Professor Carolyn Mendez-Luck, tend to care for their elderly family members at home and delay institutionalization, relative to other racial and cultural groups.
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My whole career would come to be driven by questions about how women and men experience time, age and the life course.
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