Perspectives on Facilitators and Barriers to Successful Aging Among Latinos in the United States - Session 3265

Sep 29, 2026

Latinos represent the fastest-growing older adult population in the United States. Their heavy reliance on informal care, well-documented barriers to health-care access, and ongoing immigration of older Latinos create a clear need for multifactorial, interdisciplinary approaches to address distinct aging trajectories. This symposium convenes public health, sociology, occupational therapy, educational psychology, and health policy perspectives to examine psychosocial, caregiver, migration, and intervention contributors to healthy aging, including system innovations, caregiver-care recipient stress, neighborhood and loneliness influences, and migration effects on health outcomes, while reflecting unique adverse-outcome barriers.

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Symposium Overview

Facilitators and barriers to healthy aging

Interventions and health-system innovation

Caregiver-care recipient dynamics

Migration, neighborhoods, and loneliness

Methodological approaches and ecological levels

406 Innovation in Aging, 2025, Vol. 9, No. S2 SESSION 3265 (SYMPOSIUM) Abstract citation ID: igaf122.1383 PERSPECTIVES ON FACILITATORS AND BARRIERS TO SUCCESSFUL AGING AMONG LATINOS IN THE UNITED STATES Chair: Phillip Cantu Co-Chair: Angela Gutierrez Discussant: Elizabeth Vásquez Latinos are the fastest-growing segment of the older adult population in the U.S. Latinos’ reliance on informal care, well-documented barriers to health care access, and the continued immigration of older Latinos underscore the need for multifactorial, interdisciplinary approaches to address their unique aging trajectories. This symposium brings together perspectives from public health, sociology, occupational therapy, educational psychology, and health policy to examine psychosocial, caregiver, migration, and intervention factors contributing to healthy aging among Latinos. Researchers will highlight how health systems are innovating interventions to better serve Latinos, how caregiver-care recipient dyads’ stress are shaped by health conditions, the role of neighborhoods and loneliness in shaping cognitive trajectories, and how migration factors influence health outcomes. Taken together, these presentations will highlight strategies to improve health in late life for older Latinos while also accounting for unique barriers that are associated with Innovation in Aging, 2025, Vol. 9, No. S2 407 adverse health outcomes. Since 2001, the International Conference on Aging in the Americas (ICAA) has been a driving force in advancing research on the experiences of aging Latinosin the U.S. and Mexico. What began as a primarily Southwestern U.S.-based network has since expanded into a national collective of senior researchers and emerging scholars. With research led by ICAA emerging scholars and RCMAR scientists, this session showcases diverse methodological approaches—qualitative research, quantitative analysis, and interventions—across various regional contexts in [the U.S. to](the U.S. to) provide a comprehensive perspective on the facilitators, barriers, and policy recommendations for healthy aging at multiple ecological levels.

FAQs

Why is successful aging among older Latinos a priority in the United States?

Latinos are the fastest-growing older-adult group, and reliance on informal care together with barriers to health-care access and continued immigration create distinct aging needs that require multifactorial approaches.

Which factors does the symposium examine to explain healthy aging in Latinos?

It focuses on psychosocial influences, caregiver and migration factors, and intervention-related considerations contributing to healthy aging.

What kinds of strategies and research methods are presented in the session?

Presentations highlight health-system innovations, caregiver-care recipient dyad stress dynamics, and the roles of neighborhoods and loneliness, using qualitative research, quantitative analysis, and intervention approaches across multiple regional contexts.

Sep 29, 2026

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