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Article Archive: Social Work, Programming, and Services
Scanning the Horizons: Aging in Place Challenges
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Executive Summary, Scanning the Horizons: A Focus on Aging Trends
Seventy million Americans will be age 65 by 2029, yet organizations and government entities have been slow to keep pace with programs and services. This is an executive summary for chief executives, senior leaders, grant writers, program staff, and board members. Only Alliance members have access to this report and its supplements.
Serving Those Who Serve: When Military Families go to War
In summer 2010 the Alliance conducted a survey to determine member activities extended to military personnel and their families. The resulting report is a detailed compilation of the findings of that survey. Only Alliance members have access to this report.
Details the higher incidence rates of Alzheimer's disease among African American and Hispanic populations. Discusses the environmental and genetic variables that may contribute to this disparity. Identifies ways to reconceptualize how the field addresses Alzheimer's disease through research and policy recommendations that speak to this serious public health issue.
Details the crisis related to older adults who live just above the federal poverty level and therefore are ineligible for many current programs that target the very poor. Seeks to incite national dialogue among human service organizations and policymakers. A summary of the full, 36-page supplement is also available in the Alliance or Children & Families Magazine.
Features eight replicable programs for serving the older adult population.
Discusses the tendency in the last half of the 20th century to overemphasize the individual and ignore the person’s interaction with their environment.
Exploration of anti-systemic thinking in current social work practice.
Examines the accuracy of social workers’ knowledge of their clients’ strengths.
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