Education and Learning
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Document Type
Book Chapter
Description
Chapter 9 in Perspectives on productive aging: Social work with the new aged, edited by Lenard W. Kaye.
Book description:
This ground-breaking book in the field of aging and gerontological social work fills a major gap in social work literature by debunking the myth that older people are less productive than younger ones. It redefines and expands the profession's responsibility in previously unexplored territory, including a much-needed emphasis on promoting and sustaining empowerment, voice, and engagement of older adults in the lifeblood of their families and communities. Perspectives on Productive Aging lays out a far-reaching set of contemporary functions that social workers will need to assume in advocating for elder rights and quality of life. Focusing on the new cohort of older adults and those that will follow them – the leading edge baby boomers who are nearing retirement – the book expands our professional perspective on working with elders who are educated, active, mobile, financially secure, and engaged. It examines social work practice in nontraditional practice areas and settings, including physical fitness, spirituality and religion, the workplace, voluntarism, and education and learning.
ISBN
0871013770
Publication Date
2005
Publisher
National Association of Social Workers Press
City
Washington, DC
Recommended Citation
Brady, E.M. (2005). Education and learning. In L.W. Kaye (Ed.), Perspectives on productive aging: Social work with the new aged. Washington, DC: National Association of Social Workers Press.
