Retirement Migration from the U.S. to Latin American Colonial Cities

Part of the International Perspectives on Aging Book Series (volume 27)

Editors: Sloane, Philip D.; Zimmerman, Sheryl; Silbersack, Johanna

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-33543-4

ISBN: 978-3-030-33542-7

Publisher: Springer International Publishing - Springer Journals

Jan 15, 2020

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Chapter 1International Retirement Migration

Sloane, Philip D.; Silbersack, Johanna

Pages: 1 –18

[International retirement migration from northern, wealthier countries to more southerly countries is a growing phenomenon. It represents one of the many manifestations of the worldwide interconnectedness associated with globalization. In addition to increasing globalization, a number of other...
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Chapter 2Living as a Retired Immigrant in Cuenca, Ecuador and San Miguel de Allende, Mexico

Silbersack, Johanna; Sloane, Philip D.; Jimenez-Magdaleno, Karla

Pages: 19 –39

[With minimal internet sleuthing, it is possible to uncover extensive communities composed of persons of retirement age comparing notes, advice, and news from countries and cities within the global South, including destinations in Spain, Thailand, South America, Mexico, Malta, and others....
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Chapter 3Real Estate, Housing, and the Impact of Retirement Migration in Cuenca, Ecuador and San Miguel de Allende, Mexico

Sloane, Philip D.; Silbersack, Johanna

Pages: 41 –65

[The relationships around housing and retirement migration, particularly within historic, colonial cities in Latin America, are complex. A differential in the cost of housing between the origin and destination country is clearly one of many motivating factors in international retirement migration...
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Chapter 4Social and Cultural Impact of Immigrant Retirees in Cuenca, Ecuador and San Miguel de Allende, Mexico

Efird, Lea; Sloane, Philip D.; Silbersack, Johanna; Zimmerman, Sheryl

Pages: 67 –90

[Retiree migration from northern, wealthier countries to more southerly destinations with lower living costs and a more pleasant climate has been mushrooming over the past five decades. In the latter decades of the twentieth century, the largest flow of international retirees was from northern...
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Chapter 5How Small Neighborhood Convenience Store Operators in Ecuador and Mexico View the Growing Presence of Retired Americans

Sloane, Philip D.; Castro, Maria Gabriela; Munshi, Erika

Pages: 91 –105

[Neighborhood convenience stores (“tiendas de barrio”) have an important role in the national and household economies in Latin America. Open daily, often for as many as 16 h a day, tiendas vary in size but are typically quite small, often with one clerk located near the front of the store to...
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Chapter 6Obtaining Health Care as an International Retiree Living in Cuenca, Ecuador and San Miguel de Allende, Mexico

Sloane, Philip D.; Silbersack, Johanna; Zimmerman, Sheryl

Pages: 107 –121

[Because of their age, retirees often have chronic illnesses, use health care services frequently, and consequently consider health care access a greater priority than do younger persons. Therefore, we anticipated that the availability of quality health care would be important to international...
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Chapter 7Long-Term Care Options for Retired Americans in Cuenca, Ecuador and San Miguel de Allende, Mexico

Sloane, Philip D.; Zimmerman, Sheryl

Pages: 123 –141

[The overwhelming majority of persons who retire internationally do so when they are healthy. What happens when they develop enough disability to require long-term care services is largely unknown.(Warnes 2009) The few existing reports are of European international retirees, as crossing borders...
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Chapter 8Recommendations and Conclusions

Sloane, Philip D.; Zimmerman, Sheryl; Silbersack, Johanna

Pages: 143 –153

[Twenty-five years ago, anthropologist Leonard Plotnicov proposed that medium-sized cities in Mexico, because of their pleasant climate, charming historic buildings, relative peacefulness, recreational opportunities, and low cost of living, could improve their economies by becoming retirement...

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