Aging Interview

pleuritis. At the point when the agony and trouble of breathing completely left him, and his family were

pneumonia and was dying. The journey was slow because of his illness and he did not want to risk trying

hardship that he couldn’t be accepted by the natives no matter how long he has been in there. He

When most people think about immigration to the United States, they think of the U.S. as being the “land of opportunity,” where they will be able to make all of their dreams come true. For some people, immigration made their lives richer and more fulfilled. This however, was not always the case. A place that is supposed to be a “Golden Land” (Marcus 116) did not always welcome people with open arms. Even after people became legal citizens of the United States, often times the natural born Americans did not treat the immigrants as equals but rather as outsiders who were beneath them in some way. In some situations, people’s lives were made worse by coming to the “land of opportunity.” Often times people were living no better than they

In 1959, the revolt in Cuba had many affluent upper or middle-classed citizens fleeing their country for the United States migrating to Miami, FL primarily. The next wave of Cuban immigrants begins arriving in the United States during the cold war. In the beginning, the United States graciously accepted Cuban immigrants. The immigrants immediately started receiving social security benefits, money, permanent legal residency after being in the country one year and allowed to establish businesses, re-qualify for their professional credentials (Stepick, A., & Carol, D. S., 2009). The United States government provided substantially to its new citizens who allowed them to achieve economically and put them in local politics. For 20 years Cuban immigrants

When I was deliberating topics for my case study ethnography report I was inspired to examine some one very close to me who is "undocumented", someone whose experience I have seen first hand, some one who has affected my life and understanding of immigrants with his situation; my partner, Mario. This class has exposed us to many writings on the subjects of migration, immigration and emigration. I began to compare the concepts and information in the readings to Mario’s personal situation. I was curious if his answer would be "In search of a better life" when asked, "Why did you come here?"

The clients he worked with was first, there were individuals and families with various legal statuses, including some who were in the U.S. without documentation, others who were refugees from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Second, there were immigrants who were from a variety of home countries. This impacted their experiences in numerous ways and an example will be how many people from their home country were in the area as a new support system; race and language differences.

friends, other hobbies, and the prime of his career. Sitting down with Chad, we dug deep into his

when he had an unexpected “lung hemorrhage, leaving his thirteen year old son as head

The Shouldice Hospital Limited case consists of the story of an Ontario farm boy who grew up to significantly impact the lives of thousands of hernia patients. Dr. Earle Shouldice grew up to become a prominent lecturer at the University of Toronto, ran a private medical and surgical practice, and was a successful researcher (Heskett, 2003, p. 1). He performed an

When JHumpa migrated to the united state he was already face with problem first his parents couldn’t speak English so they had to work minmim wage and hardly couldn’t communicate so he

By then, his hearing deteriorated from “hearing a slight buzzing sound” to being completely deaf. The cause for his deafness is still unknown, however theories range from “syphilis to the composer’s habit of dunking his head in cold water whenever he was tired, among many others” (todayifoundout.com). It was discovered after his death that he suffered from a distended inner ear, also known as Meniere's disease, a disorder of the inner ear which causes episodes of vertigo, ringing in the ears (tinnitus), a feeling of fullness or pressure in the ear, and fluctuating hearing loss.

broken family. Since his folks passed on when he was youthful, he went to live with

According to the statistics from the Administration on Aging, the U.S. population aged 65 years and older numbered 46.2 million in 2014 (the latest year for which data is available), which composed of 14.5% of the U.S. population. This data show that persons 65 years or older are expected to grow to be 21.7% of the population by 2040 (CITATION). With the growth of the aging population, there has been increasing attentions on how older people can age well, which lead to discussions of understanding of the “successful aging” among gerontologists. Rowe and Kahn (1997) defined successful aging as including three main components low probability of disease and disease-related disability, high cognitive and physical functional capacity, and active

He underwent cyanotic (he was blue from lack of oxygen) on the way to the clinic and died while still in