Fostering Social Work Gerontology Competence

A Collection of Papers from the First National Gerontological Social Work Conference

Catherine J. Tompkins, Anita L. rosen

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2013
• ISBN:
  9781317824749
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Medicine
• Subtopic: Health Care Delivery

Inspire the next generation of gerontological social workersThe growing number of people over the age of 65 in the United States has increased the demand for social workers who are trained to work with the elderly—a demand that's in danger of not being met. Fostering Social Work Gerontology Competence presents innovative techniques and strategies to help educators infuse aging content into their graduate and undergraduate curriculums in an effort to produce a new generation of social work practitioners who are up to the task of working with an older population. Recent surveys show that there has been a decline in the number of aging specialties and courses offered by schools of social work. Fostering Social Work Gerontology Competence offers a renewed focus on the promotion of gerontological social work education, presenting papers that grew out of the first National Gerontological Social Work Conference (NGSWC), held in 2003. This unique book is invaluable to anyone who educates future social workers, leads staff training sessions, and/or teaches continuing education courses on aging. Leading gerontologists examine teaching research, community collaboration, and social work competencies, while focusing on special populations and issues including end-of-life care, elder abuse, grief counseling, cultural diversity, cultural competence, and the effects of spirituality and social support on the well being of the elderly.Fostering Social Work Gerontology Competence examines:

• curricular and organizational change
  
• developing intergenerational projects
  
• involving older persons in the educational process
  
• uniting field practice with theory
  
• strategies to promote student interest
  
• identifying geriatric competencies
  
• intergenerational service learning
  
• developing an aging prepared community
  
• emerging trends in aging and health care
  
• end-of-life care and death education
  
• environmental issues affecting elder abuse victims
  
• mental health services for older persons in rural communities
  
• kinship care
  
• and much more

Fostering Social Work Gerontology Competence is a vital resource for social work educators and practitioners, gerontology educators and practitioners, and students.

Index

Abuse. See also Elder abuse

financial, 237

physical, 237

psychological, 237

“Add one” approach, to curricular change, 13

Advisory boards, curricular change and, 24–25, 86, 93

Affiliation, 336

African American elders. See also Older adults

Joy of Living program for, 428–437

mental health and, 424–426

mental health needs of, 426–428

resilience, 422–423

African American women

as caregivers, 476–477, 478–479

health of, 477–478

research study of

discussion of results of, 486–488

implications of, 488–490

methodology for, 479–482

questions for, 479

results of, 482–486

socioeconomic status of, 477

Aging

BSW curriculum and, 259–261

infusing, into curriculum, 133–134

introducing BSW students to, 133

in Minnesota, 65

in United States, 127–128

Aging competencies, 33

Aging population, rising numbers in, 64–66

Aging preparedness

need for, 194–195

New York State and, 195–196

New York State’s planning process for, 196–198

Andersen-Newman Model, 240–242, 252

Assessments, standardized, for older adults, 211–212

Attachment model of grief, 313–314

Baccalaureate social work (BSW) curriculum. See also Geriatric enrichment; Social work curriculum

aging and, 259–261

case study of

background of, 49–50

discussion of results of, 59–61

focus group for, 50–51

results of, 51–59

competencies for, 48–49

discussion of, 274–275

macro practice and, 259

research and, 258–259

teaching model

collaboration and, 263–265

course assignments and, 265–267

developing research project for, 262–263

evaluation of effectiveness of, 270–273

integration of macro practice, 262

integration of research in, 261–262

outcomes of, 268–270

presentation of research findings, 267–268

Bereavement. See also Changing Lives of Older Couples (CLOC) study; Grief

contemporary models of, 313–315

traditional theories of, 312–313

BEST (Bring Elders and Students Together) Club, 133–134

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Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Table of Contents
• ABOUT THE EDITORS
• Acknowledgements
• Foreword
• Developing Visibility for Aging in Social Work: The First NGSWC
• Creating Aging-Enriched Social Work Education: A Process of Curricular and Organizational Change
• Infusing Gerontology Throughout the BSW Curriculum
• Strengthening Aging Content in the Baccalaureate Social Work Curricula: What Students Have to Say
• Geriatric Enrichment: Guaranteeing a Place for Aging in the Curriculum
• Building on the Life-Span Perspective: A Model for Infusing Geriatric Social Work
• Increasing Aging Content in Social Work Curriculum: Perceptions of Key Constituents
• A Competency Approach to Curriculum Building: A Social Work Mission
• Transforming the Curriculum Through the Intergenerational Lens
• Developing Geriatric Social Work Competencies for Field Education
• Intergenerational Service-Learning: An Innovative Teaching Strategy to Infuse Gerontology Content into Foundation Courses
• Increasing Aging and Advocacy Competency: The Intergenerational Advocacy Pilot Project
• Developing an Aging Prepared Community: Collaboration Among Counties, Consumers, Professionals and Organizations
• Social Work and Aging in the Emerging Health Care World
• End-of-Life Care and Social Work Education: What Do Students Need to Know?
• Environmental Issues Affecting Elder Abuse Victims in Their Reception of Community Based Services
• Research, Macro Practice and Aging in the Social Work Education Curriculum
• The Impact of Religiousness, Spirituality, and Social Support on Psychological Well-Being Among Older Adults in Rural Areas
• Spirit of Aging Rising: Cross-Cutting Thematic Modules to Enrich Foundation Graduate Social Work Courses
• A Dual Process Model of Grief Counseling: Findings from the Changing Lives of Older Couples (CLOC) Study
• Spiritual Assessment in Aging: A Framework for Clinicians
• Providing Mental Health Services to Older People Living in Rural Communities
• Using Collaboration to Maximize Outcomes for a John A. Hartford Foundation Geriatric Enrichment Project
• Bringing the Community In: Partnerships for Aging Enrichment
• Preparing Social Work Students to Work with Grandparents in Kinship Care: An Approach to Infusion of Content Materials into Selected Core Social Work Courses
• Joy of Living: A Community-Based Mental Health Promotion Program for African American Elders
• Filipinas as Residential Long-Term Care Providers: Influence of Cultural Values, Structural Inequity, and Immigrant Status on Choosing This Work
• Listening to Seniors: Successful Approaches to Data Collection and Program Development
• Mosaic of Difference: Enhancing Culturally Competent Aging-Related Knowledge Among Social Workers
• Index