Elder care and service learning : a handbook / edited by Susanne Bleiberg Seperson and Carol Hegeman.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Seperson, Susanne Bleiberg, 1948-

Hegeman, Carol R.

Foundation for Long Term Care (N.Y.)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Older people--Care--Study and teaching.

Older people.

Gerontology--Study and teaching.

Gerontology.

Service learning.

Older people--Care.

Physical Description:

xiv, 332 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Westport, Conn. : Auburn House, 2002.

Contents:

I. What Is Service Learning? 1

1. Definitions and Rationale / Carol Hegeman 3

2. Why Service Learning Works / Susanne Bleiberg Seperson 9

3. Service Learning and Elder Care: Some Examples / Kathleen Shapiro, Carol Hegeman 12

II. Basic Information on Aging 15

4. Demographics about Aging / Susanne Bleiberg Seperson 17

5. Biological Issues of Aging / Robert C. Atchley 31

6. Physiological Changes, Impairments and Functional Limitations Associated with Aging / Joseph A. Balogun, Joanne S. Katz 39

7. Psychosocial Development in Later Adulthood / Lynn M. Tepper 60

III. The Service-Learning Class 71

8. Student, Teacher, Mentor and the Service-Learning Classroom Experience / Susanne Bleiberg Seperson 73

9. Service Learning and the Art of Reflective Journaling / Phyllis M. Ladrigan, Robert H. DiCarlo 84

10. When the Service-Learning Experience Is Not Perfect / Carol Hegeman, Jeremy Cohen 92

11. Summing Up Your Service-Learning Experience / Susanne Bleiberg Seperson 97

12. How to Research a Term Paper in Gerontology / Harry R. Moody 102

IV. Communication Skills 113

13. Improving Your Interviewing and Communication Skills with Older People / Long Term Care Committee of Broome County 115

14. Capturing the Richness of Your Heritage: The Do's and Don'ts of Doing an Oral History / Carol Poll 118

15. Developing an Interview Schedule for an Individual or Group Project / Susanne Bleiberg Seperson 126

16. Outcomes: Student Interviews with Seniors / Elizabeth Bisogno, Theresa Perez 132

17. Needs Assessment: Long-Term Care Survey / Long Term Care Committee of Broome County 143

V. Doing Service Learning with the Elderly 155

18. Suddenly "Old": A Stroke Turns the Tables on a Professional in Aging / Margery Cunningham 157

19. Fieldwork Suggestions: What to Do and How to Do It / Susanne Bleiberg Seperson 160

20. Working with Clients Who Have Memory Deficits / Elizabeth Pohlmann, Carol Hegeman 164

21. The Health Care Proxy / New York State Department of Health 168

22. Saying Good-Bye: Terminating the Relationship / Kay Viggiani, Carol Hegeman 175

23. Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man and Life's Greatest Lesson / Mitch Albom 178

VI. Elder-Care Issues, Policy and History 187

24. Thinking about Elder-Care Policy / Carol Hegeman 189

25. The Challenge of an Aging Society / Richard D. Lamm, Heather E. Lamm 195

26. America Can Afford to Grow Old / Richard C. Leone 201

27. Debating the Future of Social Security Policy / Harvey Catchen 205

28. Long-Term Care in New York: A Failure of Policy / Carl S. Young 214

29. The Connection between Advocacy, the Legislative Process and Health Care / Paul E. Harenberg 217

30. U.S. Policy on Aging: A Historical Summary / Robert N. Butler, Myrna I. Lewis, Trey Sunderland 228

VII. Case Studies of Service-Learning Experiences 233

31. Learning the Housing Needs of the Elderly via Service Learning / Mark Macera 235

32. Service Learning with the Elderly and Chronically Ill for Architectural Students / Phyllis Sperling, Ann Sprayregen 240

33. Evaluation of Service Learning for Physical Therapy Students / Joseph A. Balogun 244

34. Evaluation of the Student Assisted Independent Living (SAIL) Service-Learning Project / Karl Pillemer, Leslie Schultz 252

1. Service Learning: An Annotated Bibliography / Marjorie J. Fusco 263

2. Aging: An Annotated Bibliography of Resources / Marjorie J. Fusco 267

3. American Sociological Association Code of Ethics (Abridged) 304

4. Service Learning Elder Care Student Manual / Foundation for Long Term Care 315.

Notes:

"Published under the auspices of the Foundation for Long Term Care."

Includes bibliographical references (pages [263]-303) and index.

ISBN:

0865693056

OCLC:

46828975