Furthering Productive Aging through Public-Private Sector Alliances: The Case of the Mexican Government and Starbucks Company.

This commentary focuses on the remunerated work dimension of productive aging in Mexico, specifically paid employment. The main purpose is to draw attention to productive aging policies and programs built on alliances between the Mexican government and private companies - e.g., Starbucks - and then to analyze the potential impacts of such alliances on the older population. We argue that although the Mexican government emphasizes the rights of older adults to engage in paid-employment programs through such alliances, it is not addressing the issues that underlie paid-employment activities in later life, such as conditions of inequality, lack of opportunities, and poverty. We also argue that the instrumentation of productive aging programs implemented by the government should consider the costs and benefits for older adults. Solid, research-based evidence is needed to better implement productive aging programs by accounting for the factors that influence older adults' decisions to continue working, the functional capacities of older workers, and their performance needs.

"I Go Upstairs and Eat in Front of the Television:" the Cooking and Eating Behaviors of Mexican Older Women Living Alone.

The increasing tendency of older people living alone may pose a number of challenges including factors related to food insecurity, such as functional impairment, social isolation, and financial vulnerability. The purpose of this study was to explain the cooking and eating behaviors of Mexican older women living alone using a life course perspective. A qualitative research methodology was chosen and deductive thematic analysis was used to examine accounts given by 14 older women through one-on-one interviews. Findings showed that age-related transitions, role changes, and the social context in which older women are embedded have changed their cooking and eating behaviors. Participants mentioned the need to accept and adapt to changes in later life; however, the loss of commensality, cooking for one, economic constraints, a decline in health, and the disruption of family roles and rituals were identified as the negative aspects affecting the cooking and eating behaviors of older women.

Correlacion de proteinuria en orina de 24 Horas con muestras de orina ocasional / Correlation between proteinuria in 24 Hours urine with occasional urine samples

Un total de 55 pacientes con edades entre 15 y 60 anos y con creatinemia normal, se dividio en tres categorias de acuerdo con la excrecion diaria de proteinas en orina de 24 horas. A cada paciente se le tomaron cuatro muestras de orina; para creatinuria a las 6:00 y para proteinuria a las 8:00, 12:00 y 20:00 horas. En estas muestras se establecio el indice Proteinuria/Creatinuria (Pr/Cr) el cual se correlaciono con la proteinuria de 24 horas. Los resultados indican que un indice (Pr/Cr) superior a 3.0 puede ser considerado dentro del rango "nefrotico", y un indice (Pr/Cr) inferior a 0.2 dentro del rango de "normalidad". Se concluye que la mejor muestra de orina para el estudio "Correlacion de la proteinuria de la orina de 24 horas con muestras de orina ocasional", es la primera muestra de la manana.