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Older people's housing: policy, performance and practice
- Author:
- NATIONAL HOUSING FEDERATION
- Publisher:
- National Housing Federation
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 72p.
- Place of publication:
- London
In the last few years there has been an unprecedented level of interest across Government in Britain's ageing population and the challenges this presents for all aspects of society. One in three households living in social housing is headed by someone of pensionable age. Housing providers have to look at both the needs and aspirations of today's older population and at future markets.
Developing geriatric social work competencies for field education
- Authors:
- DAMRON-RODRIGUEZ JoAnn, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Gerontological Social Work, 48(1/2), 2006, pp.139-160.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
The John A. Hartford Geriatric Social Work Initiative in the United States provided the impetus and direction for a national strategy to improve the quality of preparation of geriatric social workers. The Geriatric Social Work Practicum Partnership Program (PPP) is the project with the Hartford Initiative that emphasizes field education. The Geriatric Social Work Education Consortium (GSWEC), one of the PPP programs, initiated the development of competencies for work with older adults. This article describes the process of defining geriatric social work competencies to be used in the Geriatric Social Work Practicum Partnership Program (PPP) education interventions to evaluate student outcomes. The Coordinating Center for the PPP, located at the New York Academy of Medicine, led in collaboratively developing knowledge based skill competencies for geriatric social work across all 6 demonstration sites (11 universities). The competencies adopted across sites include skills in the following five major domains: values and ethics; assessment (individuals and families, aging services, programs and policies); practice and interventions (theory and knowledge in practice, individual and family, aging services, programs and practice) interdisciplinary collaboration; and evaluation and research. The identified competencies have proven effective in evaluating students (n = 190) pre and post PPP field education. The implications for further development of competency driven education for geriatric social work are discussed. (Copies of this article are available from: Haworth Document Delivery Centre, Haworth Press Inc., 10 Alice Street, Binghamton, NY 13904-1580).
Developing visibility for aging in social work: the First NGSWC
- Authors:
- TOMPKINS Catherine J., ROSEN Anita L.
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Gerontological Social Work, 48(1/2), 2006, pp.1-8.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
In March 2001, the Council on Social Work Education's (CSWE) Strengthening Aging and Gerontology Education for Social Work (SAGE-SW) project published an action agenda for social work and aging (CSWE/SAGE-SW, 2001). CSWE SAGE-SW, funded by the John A. Hartford Foundation from 1998 to 2004, had several charges in the first phase of funding, including the gathering of data through a thorough review of literature, focus groups, surveys and a variety of activities to garner expert input. This agenda, often referred to as the Blueprint, identified a number of serious issues regarding the lack of attention, preparation, leadership and interest in aging within the social work profession. It also provided some recommended actions to address these issues and help set the stage for the creation of the National Gerontological Social Work Conference. What were the issues at hand and why might a National Gerontological Social Work Conference (NGSWC) address some of these issues? (Copies of this article are available from: Haworth Document Delivery Centre, Haworth Press Inc., 10 Alice Street, Binghamton, NY 13904-1580).
Growing older and wiser together: a futures view on positive ageing
- Author:
- SCOTLAND'S FUTURES FORUM
- Publisher:
- Scotland's Futures Forum
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 44p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
The results of an investigation commissioned in December 2005 by Scotland’s Futures Forum to take a futures look at some of the issues around ageing and specifically to stimulate public debate on the positive aspects of Scotland having an ageing population are presented. The Project Board concentrated on four specific themes: finance, employment, intergenerational issues and wellbeing. This report also sketches three scenarios of what the future might look like. Key questions arising from the project are outlined. Initially, the Forum conducted a system mapping exercise starting from the ‘current position’ in Scotland and then undertook a series of participative exercises with the view of both testing some of the learning to emerge from Stage 1 and to collect wider qualitative data around ageing.
An investigation of the circumstances of older people with sight loss: analysis of the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing
- Authors:
- GJONCA Edlira, NAZROO James
- Publisher:
- Thomas Pocklington Trust
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 15p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This paper aims to describe the socio-demographic characteristics of people with sight loss, their health and wellbeing and their socioeconomic circumstances. The exact number of people in the UK with sight loss is not known. More precise information is necessary for understanding the needs of this group. This study uses data from ELSA, the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing, which surveyed over 11,000 people aged 50 and older living in private households. They were asked to rate their eyesight, among other measures of health and wellbeing.
Building our futures: meeting the housing needs of an ageing population
- Authors:
- EDWARDS Margaret, HARDING Ed
- Publisher:
- International Longevity Centre UK
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 27p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
The aim of this report is to assist people involved in planning for housing and related services. It is specifically about the implications of an ageing population over the next 25 years for the key government priority of preparing decent homes for 'the whole community'.
Heroines, villains and victims: older people's perceptions of others
- Authors:
- TOWNSEND Jean, GODFREY Mary, DENBY Tracy
- Journal article citation:
- Ageing and Society, 26(6), November 2006, pp.883-900.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
This paper examines older people's contrasting images of older people as ‘those like us’ and as ‘others’. It draws on data from a qualitative study about the experience of ageing that was undertaken in partnership with two local groups of older people in England. Whilst the informants acknowledged their chronological age, changes in appearance and physical limitations, most did not describe themselves as old. They challenged the idea of older people as being ‘past it’. Older people who personified their own values of inter-dependence, reciprocity and keeping going were seen as ‘heroines’ of old age, but negative stereotypes were ascribed simultaneously to others, ‘the villains’. Aspects of behaviour which evoked censure were ‘giving up’; ‘refusal to be helped’ and ‘taking without putting back’, and were usually attributed to acquaintances known only at a distance. The victims of old age were primarily people with dementia, who were perceived as ‘needing to be looked after’ and objects of pity and concern. The paper explores the ways in which these various images of old age related to people's self-identity and management of the ageing process; especially in a society that has ambivalent conceptions of old age. The findings contribute to an understanding of how people's values underpin their conception of ‘a good old age’ and how they shape their interpretation of societal stereotypes. They also indicate the importance of considering whose voices are heard in the context of exploring the identity and contributions of older people to achieve a more inclusive society.
Does a universal non-contributory pension scheme make sense for rural China?
- Authors:
- SHEN Ce, WILLIAMSON John B.
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Comparative Social Welfare, 22(2), October 2006, pp.143-153.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
Rapid economic growth in China during the past 25 years has been accompanied by increasing economic inequality. China's old-age social security system has long been restricted to urban areas, leaving the 70 per cent of the population living in rural areas with little or no coverage. The lack of social security for elderly people in rural areas poses a threat to social stability and raises social justice concerns. This study is based in part on interviews conducted in rural northeastern China. It also draws on evidence from Chinese government documents, newspapers, and reports on relevant programs in other developing countries. For rural China the authors propose a variant of the universal non-contributory old-age pension model that takes into consideration rural-urban differences in cost of living. The proposed model would reduce the level of poverty in rural areas as well as the degree of income inequality between rural and urban areas while simultaneously promoting social and political stability.
A multidimensional scale for the measurement of agreement with age stereotypes and the salience of age in social interaction
- Authors:
- KRUSE Andreas, SCHMITT Eric
- Journal article citation:
- Ageing and Society, 26(3), May 2006, pp.393-411.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
This paper presents a new scale for the assessment of the salience of age in social interaction and of levels of agreement with four age stereotypical assertions, about the characteristics of people in the ‘third age’ and the ‘fourth age’, about older people's social roles and social participation, and about the problems for society produced by population ageing. The scale was constructed by testing the agreement of a national sample of 804 German respondents aged 41–84 years with over 60 item-statements in two pilot studies. The final scale has 24 items, and was tested using a stratified sample of 1,275 subjects aged 40–75 years. Five postulated subscales were confirmed using principal components analysis: ‘age salience’ in social interaction, old age as a time of ‘developmental gains and potentials of development’, old age as a time of ‘developmental losses and risks of development’, ‘the social downgrading of older people’, and believing that ‘older people are a burden on society’. For age stereotypes and age salience, no significant sex differences were found, but those aged 58–64 years held more optimistic views about old age and population ageing than both the younger and the older age groups (with no differences between the latter). Moreover, age stereotypes and age salience varied by several social-economic variables, particularly occupational status, the rate of unemployment in the region of residence, and being resident in the eastern or western part of Germany. No significant interactions between age group and sex were found for any of the five subscales.
An analysis of social work textbooks for aging content: How well do social work foundation texts prepare students for our aging society?
- Authors:
- TOMPKINS Catherine J., ROSEN Anita L., LARKIN Heather
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Social Work Education, 42(1), Winter 2006, pp.3-24.
- Publisher:
- Council on Social Work Education
In an effort to strengthen the basic aging competency of social work students, the authors assessed the general quantity and quality of aging content in a sample of foundation social work textbooks. Of nearly 10,000 pages reviewed, only about 3% (309 pages) included aging content. A foundation cultural diversity text included the most aging content (6%), with only 5% aging-related content identified in HBSE texts, 2% across practice books reviewed, 4% within policy texts, 2% in research texts, and less than 1 page in the 1 field education text. A textbook analysis framework and a review of findings are provided.