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Social work and aging: the challenges for evidence-based practice
- Authors:
- MCCALLION Philip, FERRETTI Lisa A.
- Journal article citation:
- Generations, 34(1), Spring 2010, pp.66-71. Published online.
- Publisher:
- American Society on Aging
There has been growing interest among social workers in evidence that would support practices that address the emotional, psychological, and social aspects of aging, illness, and care giving. To move an evidence-based intervention from research to day-to-day social work practice is difficult. There have been achievements in using evidence-based, aging-focused social work practice. Three areas are highlighted: psychosocial; case/care management; and multi-modal interventions. Social work services addressing aging and care giving needs would benefit from greater access to evidence-based practices. While some of those evidence-based practices are already available, there are efforts to build such evidence, and there is a readiness to consider how practices shown to be effective in some situations may be applied to other problems and other populations. However, evidence-based practice in social work has tended to be narrowly focused on psychosocial issues when its interests are much broader and the changes needed in the lives of clients often involve environmental, public policy, and health system concerns. Engagement in the 'sciences' of local implementation and translation is needed to supplement more traditional research efforts.