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Policy and program planning for older adults : realities and visions / Elaine Theresa Jurkowski.
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Jurkowski, Elaine Theresa.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Older people--Services for--United States.
- Older people.
- Older people--Services for.
- Population aging.
- United States.
- Older people--Government policy--United States.
- Older people--Government policy.
- Older people--Legal status, laws, etc--United States.
- Older people--Legal status, laws, etc.
- Population aging--United States.
- United States. Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990.
- United States. Community Mental Health Act of 1963.
- United States. Older Americans Act of 1965.
- United States. Social Security Act.
- Health Services for the Aged.
- Aged.
- Health Policy.
- Program Development.
- Medical Subjects:
- Health Services for the Aged.
- United States.
- Aged.
- Health Policy.
- Program Development.
- Physical Description:
- xxxviii, 404 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Springer, [2008]
- Summary:
- This book will be an invaluable resource for policy advocates, program planners, and service delivery agents. It examines major pieces of legislation currently impacting the field of aging and the lives of older adults and addresses philosophical, historical, and demographic challenges they face. Jurkowski also adumbrates major service areas for older adults, identifying how each major mandated program addresses these programs and services. The book will also help graduate students in social work, public health, and gerontology, building their understanding of policy development through a critical analysis and review of policy frameworks. This book, unlike others, focuses on triangulating skills, policies, and programs and blends a social welfare and public health approach to the text's conceptual design.
- Contents:
- Background and demographic profile of older adults
- Social, political, economic, and demographic factors and historical landmarks impacting aging policy
- Philosophical paradigms and policy frameworks
- Evidence-based policy development : tools for public policy development and analysis
- The Social Security Act
- Medicare
- The Older Americans Act
- The Americans with Disabilities Act
- Mental health : the Community Mental Health Act and the president's freedom commission initiative
- Health behavior models and health promotion frameworks
- Media and advocacy strategies for change
- Coalitions and coalition building for advocacy and policy development
- Needs assessment tools
- From tools to vision
- Long-term care and home- and community-based care
- Mental health and substance abuse programs : services and issues
- Health programs, services, and issues
- Grandparents raising grandchildren
- Elder abuse and neglect
- Legal issues
- Challenges for the future : realities and visions.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 361-381) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1932 Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9780826129444
- 0826129447
- 9788463429446
- 8463429440
- OCLC:
- 123485394
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