’The eighth edition of Aging Networks is particularly well-suited for use in the classroom, and can be used or adapted for a wide variety of disciplines including gerontology, social work, public health, public administration, nursing and other health professions… This small volume is not only an excellent learning tool, but also a ìmust-haveî handbook for aging professionals in many fields.’
–Noreen A. Shugrue
Research Associate, University of Connecticut Center on Aging
Farmington, CT
Educational Gerontology
As our population ages, the need for comprehensive, up-to-date knowledge about aging services in the United States becomes more and more crucial. This highly accessible and concise text about such resources provides students and practitioners of gerontologyóalong with all professionals whose work concerns the well-being of older adultsówith a current, detailed description and analysis of federal, state, local, and global programs and services for older people with or without cognitive, physical, and social needs. Thoroughly updated to encompass the new information available concerning later life, it reflects critical changes to legislation, health care, and current trends, and focuses on the strengths of older adults, their diversity, and the role our multilayered aging network plays in advocacy, community independence, and engagement. Commentary and critical thinking challenges from policymakers, program directors, and educators facilitate high-level thinking and independent analysis of the aging networks, past, present, and future.
The eighth edition underscores recent policy changes and how these changes will impact the lives of older adults. ’Perspectives’ boxes throughout the text highlight complex themes addressed by experts, and ’Critical Thinking’ topics and questions encourage reflection and discussion. The new edition also describes initiatives that highlight best-practice approaches and model projects designed to facilitate positive change. Along with a vast amount of new and revised information reinforced with a variety of perspectives in historical and current contexts, the book features an international perspective highlighting the collaborative efforts driving many aspects of aging network programming. Additionally, the book focuses on the unique issues of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) population along with programs designed to address them.
NEW TO THE EIGHTH EDITION:
- Expert analyses and insights into complex themes
- Reflects reorganization of the aging network under the Administration for Community Living, and policy changes affecting practice
- International perspectives such as the World Health Organization’s Age-Friendly Cities Project
- Innovative and model projects and programs
- Expanded focus on issues unique to the LGBT population
- The influence of social determinants on older adults and the aging networks
- Caregiving issues
- Disaster and emergency preparedness
- Effects of economic downturn on the aging population
- Elder mistreatment
- Changes in employment and retirement patterns
- Supporting ’aging in place’
- New and expanded educator’s ancillary packet
Innehållsförteckning
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Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
SECTION I: OLDER AMERICANS AND THE CONSUMERS OF THE AGING NETWORKS
1. The Demographics of Aging Today
SECTION II: OLDER AMERICANS ACT LEGISLATION AND THE AGING NETWORKS
2. Older Americans Act Legislation and the Evolution of a Network
SECTION III: COMMUNITY-BASED SERVICES, AGING IN PLACE, INCOME SECURITY, AND WELL-BEING IN LATER LIFE
3. Community-Based Services
4. Community Supports for Aging in Place
5. Income Security in Old Age
6. Protecting the Rights and Well-Being of Older Americans: Elder Justice and Disaster Preparedness
SECTION IV: OUR AGING FUTURE: COLLABORATION, CHANGE, AND A GLOBAL COMMUNITY
7. Workforce Issues of the Aging Networks
8. Global Aging
9. Our Aging FutureóPersistent and Emerging Issues for the Aging Network: A Call to Action
Appendix A: State Units on Aging
Appendix B: Administration on Aging Regional Support Centers
Appendix C: National Aging Network Organizations and Resources
Appendix D: Model and Evidence-Based Programs
Appendix E: Classroom Assignments
Index
’Om författaren
Donna L. Wagner, Ph D, is the interim dean of the College of Health and Social Services, New Mexico State University. Prior to this she was the founding director of gerontology, Towson University, Maryland.
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