Fernando Torres-Gil

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Fernando Torres-Gil

Social Work

#72

World Rank

#82

Historical Rank

#30

USA Rank

Gerontology

#38

World Rank

#40

Historical Rank

#17

USA Rank

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Social Work

Fernando Torres-Gil's Degrees

Masters Social Work University of California, Berkeley
PhD Social Welfare University of California, Berkeley

Why Is Fernando Torres-Gil Influential?

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According to Wikipedia, Fernando Torres-Gil graduated from San Jose State University in 1970 with a BA in Political Science, PhD, was the first Assistant Secretary for Aging at the Administration on Aging within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. He was appointed by President Clinton in 1993 and served in the position until 1997. Currently, Torres-Gil sits on the National Council on Disability as an appointee of President Obama. He is the Associate Dean of Academic Affairs and Professor of Social Welfare and Public Policy at the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs. He is the Director of the UCLA Center for Policy Research on Aging and is a member of the AARP Board of Directors. Torres-Gil also holds the position of Adjunct Professor of Gerontology at the USC Davis School of Gerontology, having served as Professor of Gerontology and Public Administration at USC before moving to UCLA. In December 2022, Torres-Gil as a fellow by the American Academy of Social Work and Social Welfare for 2023.

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Fernando Torres-Gil's Published Works

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Factors Affecting Utilization of Health Services and Home- and Community-Based Care Programs by Older Taiwanese in the United States (2001) (74)
Modifiable Risk Factors for Alzheimer Disease and Subjective Memory Impairment across Age Groups (2014) (73)
Who Are the Latino Baby Boomers? Demographic and Economic Characteristics of a Hidden Population (2009) (31)
Variation in Older Americans Act Caregiver Service Use, Unmet Hours of Care, and Independence Among Hispanics, African Americans, and Whites (2013) (27)
The new aging : politics and change in America (1992) (26)
Immigration and Aging: The Nexus of Complexity and Promise (2008) (26)
Diversity: New Approaches to Ethnic Minority Aging (1992) (25)
Healthy behavior and memory self-reports in young, middle-aged, and older adults (2013) (23)
Malnutrition and hunger in the elderly. (2009) (20)
Respectfully Treating the Elderly: Affective and Behavioral Ways of American Young Adults (2010) (20)
Introduction: Aging, Health, and Longevity in the Mexican-Origin Population (2012) (19)
Multiculturalism, Social Policy and the New Aging (2002) (17)
Ageing and Public Policy in Ethnically Diverse Societies (2005) (12)
An examination of factors affecting future cohorts of elderly Hispanics. (1986) (10)
Perspectives on Intergenerational Aspects of Aging and Diversity (2003) (9)
Last Home for the Aged: Critical Implications of Institutionalization. By Sheldon S. Tobin and Morton A. Lieberman. San Francisco, Calif.: Jossey-Bass, 1976. 304 pp. $13.95 (1977) (9)
Challenges of Latino Aging in the Americas (2015) (9)
Behavioral risk factors for self-reported depression across the lifespan (2018) (9)
Age, Health and Culture: An Examination of Health Among Spanish-Speaking Elderly. (1977) (9)
The Politics of Catastrophic and Long-Term Care Coverage (1989) (8)
Mainstreaming gerontology in the policy arena. (1994) (8)
On the Relationship Between the Diversity of the Aging Population and Public Policy (1990) (7)
Social Policy and the Politics of Hispanic Aging (1998) (7)
Working Across Borders: the Social and Policy Implications of Aging in the Americas (2013) (7)
Voting behavior among low-income black elderly: a multielection perspective. (1992) (7)
The Latinization of a multigenerational population: Hispanics in an aging society. (1986) (6)
Social Security and Its Impact on Older Latinos (2011) (6)
Lessons on aging from three nations, volume II: the art of caring for older adults (2007) (6)
Funding and policies affecting geriatric rehabilitation. (1993) (6)
Policy issues concerning the Hispanic elderly. (1980) (6)
Aging and Immigration: The Case of South Korea (with a Look at Italy and Japan) (2008) (4)
Geriatric rehabilitation: Linking aging, health, and disability policy (1993) (4)
Seniors React to the Medicare Catastrophic Bill (1990) (4)
The political behavior of the Mexican-American elderly. (1977) (4)
Health care reform, long-term care, and the future of an aging society. (1996) (4)
Long-term care policy and interest group struggles. (1986) (4)
Aging electorates and gerontocracy: the politics of aging in a global world (2014) (3)
Lessons on aging from three nations, volume 1: The art of aging well (2007) (3)
Lessons on Aging from Three Nations (2006) (3)
WHO ARE THE LATinO BABy BOOmERS ? Examining the Demographic and Economic Characteristics of a Hidden Population (2008) (2)
Policy Advocacy for an Aging Society: Philanthropy and Social Change (2007) (2)
The Evolving Nexus of Policy, Longevity and Diversity: Agenda Setting for Latino Health and Aging (2012) (2)
Healthy behavior and memory self-reports in young, middle-aged, and older adults (2013) (2)
Social Policy and the Elderly (2009) (2)
TRANSPORTATION: THE DIVERSE AGED, POLICY REPORT ONE. USC RESEARCH PROGRAM ON SOCIAL AND CULTURAL CONTEXTS OF AGING (1976) (1)
Ending Disabled Placard Abuse at Parking Meters: The Two-Tier Solution (2018) (1)
Taiwanese in the United States Factors Affecting Utilization of Health Services and Home- and Community-Based Care Programs by Older (2013) (1)
The Politics of Aging in a Majority-Minority Nation (2015) (1)
OCCUPATIONAL MOBILITY AMONG BROWN-COLLAR OCCUPATIONS AND THE IMPLICATIONS FOR AGING-RELATED ISSUES (2017) (1)
The Economic Security of Latino Baby Boomers: Implications for Future Retirees and for Healthcare Funding in the U.S. (2015) (1)
The evolution of gerontology and geriatrics in an era of a politics of aging (2017) (1)
18. Vulnerable Populations (2012) (0)
9. Separating Myth from Reality: The Impact of Mexican Immigration on Health and Human Services (1993) (0)
Overview: Policy Responses, Political Realities and Cross-National Variations: Responding to Health and Social Needs of the Latino Century (2015) (0)
THE POLITICS OF AGING IN A DIVERSE SOCIETY. (2017) (0)
Modifiable Risk Factors and Reports of Depression in Young, Middle-aged, and Older Adults (2013) (0)
Aging in a Majority–Minority Nation (2014) (0)
Diversity and Beyond: A Commentary (2019) (0)
Aging policy in the Clinton Administration. (1996) (0)
Old Age Hunger in the United States (2004) (0)
DISABILITY STATUS, FINANCIAL STRAIN, AND SUBJECTIVE HEALTH AND WELL-BEING FOR PEOPLE WITH LTSS NEEDS IN CALIFORNIA (2022) (0)
Reflections on policy and politics in the Clinton/Gore administration: or, how to be "gerontologized" in two easy terms. (1999) (0)
EAST MEETS WEST: MODELS OF "AGING IN COMMUNITIES": DEMENTIA, CAREGIVING, AND ACTIVE AGING BETWEEN THE US AND TAIWAN (2022) (0)
Working Across Borders: the Social and Policy Implications of Aging in the Americas (2013) (0)
Understanding diversity in aging and ethnicity (1992) (0)
The Two-Tier Solution (2015) (0)
The Emerging Nexus of Aging and Diversity: Implications for Public Policy and Entitlement Reform (2012) (0)
Availability of Rehabilitation Services for Elders: A Study of Critical Policy and Financing Issues * (2019) (0)
TRADITIONAL NETWORK ON MENTAL HEALTH: SUPPORT FROM CHILDREN AND DEPRESSIVE SYMPTOMS FOR OLDER ADULTS IN RURAL CHINA (2019) (0)
Five: The Politics of Aging in a Diverse California (2000) (0)
Reflections of an aging Chicano boomer: Growing old in the time of demographic transformation (2021) (0)
Cognitive Aging in the United States and Mexico (2020) (0)
Politics, Diversity, and Minority Aging (2019) (0)

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