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Catalog Course Description AGING & GERONTOLOGICAL SERVICES SOCIAL WORK 19:910:572 RUTGERS, THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW JERSEY Spring, 2009 This course provides an overview of older adults as a

1 Catalog Course Description AGING & GERONTOLOGICAL SERVICES SOCIAL WORK 19:910:572 RUTGERS, THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW JERSEY Spring, 2009 This course provides an overview of older adults as a population group and of aging as a biopsychosocial process. The course explores aspects of social services and health care systems intended to help individuals, families, and communities confront aging-related challenges and capitalize upon aging-related strengths. Place of Course in Program This course is an elective open to all MSW students. The course is a requirement for the School of Social Work s Gerontology Certificate. Course Objectives Specific objectives of this course are for students: 1. To recognize one s own attitudes about aging and older adults as a population group, as well as broader societal ideologies about aging, and to articulate ways in which these attitudes and ideologies can influence gerontological social work practice. 2. To understand primary biopsychosocial processes related to aging and to apply this understanding to gerontological social work practice. 3. To critically analyze aspects of gerontological service delivery systems for informing practices that promote social and economic justice among older adults and their families. 4. To appreciate strengths and vulnerabilities among particular subgroups of older adults, including African Americans, Latinos, Native Americans, and other racialethnic groups, as well as women and GLBT elders. 5. To integrate formal gerontological scholarship with one s own professional and personal experiences to enhance social work practice. 1

2 VIII. Course Outline and Schedule # Topic Readings #1 Introductions to Each Other and to the Course #2 A Social Constructionist Approach to Later Life Hooyman & Kiyak, Chapter 8 (Social Theories of Aging) Minkler, M. & Fadem, P. (2002). Successful Aging: A disability perspective. Journal of Disability Studies, 12, Butler R. N., A disease called ageism. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 38: NASW (1999). Code of ethics of the National Association of Social Workers. Washington, DC: National Association of Social Workers. (Up to Standards.) Retrieved November 10, 2008, from #3 Biopsychosocial Overview of Aging, Part I Goodwin, J.S., Black, S.A., & Satish, S. (1999). Aging versus disease: The opinions of older black, hispanic, and non-hispanic white Americans about the causes and treatment of common medical conditions. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 47, Hooyman & Kiyak, Chapter 5 (Cognitive changes with aging) Neergaard, L. (2007 October). Doctors study how brains stay sharp. USA Today. Online at 2

3 #4 Social positionalities Dorfman, R., Walters, K., Burke, P., Hardin, L., Karanik, T., et al. (1995). Old, sad, and alone: The myth of the aging homosexual. Journal of Gerontological Social Work, 24, Garner, J.D. (1999). Feminism and feminist gerontology. In J.D. Garner (Ed.), Fundamentals of feminist gerontology (pp. 3-12). New York: Haworth Press, Inc. Friedenberg, J.N. Chapter 9 (pp ). Growing old in El Barrio. #5 Biopsychosocial Overview of Aging, Part II Fingerman, K.L., & Baker, B.N. (2003). Socioemotional aspects of aging. In J.M. Wilmoth & K. Ferraro, (Ed.), Gerontology: Perspectives and issues (pp ). Hooyman & Kiyak, Chapter 12 (pp ) & Chapter 16 (pp ). #6 Overview of the Long-Term Care System Edlund, B. J., Lufkin, S.R, & Franklin, B. (2003). Longterm care planning for Baby Boomers: Addressing an uncertain future. Online Journal of Issues in Nursing, 8. Vladeck, F. (2006). Residential-based care: New York s NORC-supportive services program model. In B. work in health and aging ( ). New York: Oxford Whitten, L.S. (2000). Navigating the hazards of the eldercare continuum. Journal of Mental Health & Aging, 6, #7 Work with formal and informal caregivers Scharlach, A. (2008). Historical overview. Journal of Social Work Education Special Supplement on Professional Partners Supporting Family Caregivers, 44, Sorenson, S., King, D., & Pinquart, M. (2006). Care of the caregiver: Individual and family interventions. In 3

4 S.M. LoboPrabha, V.A. Molunari, & J.W. Lomax (Eds.). Supporting the caregiver in dementia: A guide for health care professionals (pp ). Baltimore: John Hopkins Hochschild, A.R. (2002). Love and gold. In B. Ehrenreich & A.R. Hoschchild (Eds.) Global women: Nannies, maids, and sex workers in the new economy (pp ). New York: Holt and Company. #8 Services for Adults in the Community, Part I Keigher, S. (2006). Policies affecting community-based social services, housing, and transportation. In B. work in health and aging ( ). New York: Oxford #10 #11 Services for Adults in the Community, Part II Service Coordination Krout, J.A. (1989). Senior centers in America (pp ). New York: Greenwood Press. Turner, K.W. (2004). Senior citizens centers: What they offer, who participates, and what they gain. Journal of Gerontological Social Work, 43, Keigher, S. (2006). Policies affecting community-based social services, housing, and transportation. In B. work in health and aging ( ). New York: Oxford Dorn, J.L. Conference address on transportation coordination. html Nishita, C.M., & Pynoos, J. (2006). Retrofitting homes and buildings: Improving sites for long-term-care delivery. Generations, 29, Hansen, J.C., & Van Steenberg, C. (2005). Keeping PACE with older adults: The Program of All-Inclusive Care to the Elderly. American Journal of Nursing, 105,

5 #12 #13 #14 #15 Issues in Long- Term Care Facilities Civic Engagement & Older Workers Adult Protective Services End-of-Life Policy & Service Delivery Nursing Home Reforms: Twenty Years After OBRA 87 Kaiser Family Foundation and Alliance for Health Reform 12/7/07 (Transcript or video.) Ronch, J.L. (2004). Changing institutional culture: Can we re-value the nursing home? Journal of Gerontological Social Work, 43, Rabig, J., Thomas, W., Kane, R.A. Culter, L.J., & McAlilly, S. (2006). Radical redesign of nursing homes: Applying the Green House concept in Tupelo, Mississippi. The Gerontologist, 46, Freedman, M. (2006). The social-purpose Encore Career: Baby Boomers, civic engagement, and the next stage of work. Generations, 30(4), Holstein, M. (2006). A critical reflection on civic engagement. ublic_policy/ppar_fall_2006.pdf Selections from Aging Times (2007). A call to national service. American Interest. Selections from Volume 14 (2/3) of Journal of Elder Abuse & Neglect (2003). Huber, R., Netting, F.E., Border, K.W., & Nelson, N.W. (2006). The long-term care ombudsman program. In B. work in health and aging ( ). New York: Oxford Nerenberg, L. (2000). Developing a service response to elder abuse. Generations, 24, Hobart, K.R. (2001). Death & dying and the social work role. Journal of Gerontological Social Work, 36, Lynn, J. (2001). Serving patients who may die soon and their families: The role of hospice and other services. Journal of the American Medical Association, 285,

6 U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (2000). Important questions for hospice in the next century (pp ). #16 Course Wrap- Up & Evaluations Culter, S.J., & Hendricks, J. (2001). Emerging social trends. In R.H. Binstock & L.K. George (Eds.), Handbook of aging and the social sciences (5 th Edition, pp ). New York: Elsevier. 6

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