Intergenerational Approaches in Aging: Implications for Education, Policy, and Practice

by Disch; Robert

• ISBN13: 9780789003560
• ISBN10: 0789003562
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1997-12-05
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

In Intergenerational Approaches in Aging: Implications for Education, Policy, and Practice, leading practitioners and academics from a variety of disciplines come together to discuss theoretical issues, current practice, and future directions for this rapidly developing field. The authors address key topics such as defining the intergenerational field, the effects of the segregation of groups by age on social function and organization in our communities, and designing, implementing, and assessing programs that create cross-generational connections. Exploring ways to provide services to different age groups while tapping the strengths and skills of each age group, Intergenerational Approaches in Aging examines the application of intergenerational approaches to important social issues as well as specific challenges faced by practitioners. It makes suggestions for integrating intergenerational studies into the higher education system and for challenging segregated services and funding programs. As the book shows, promoting cooperation between diverse segments of society also depends on: making intergenerational programming a permanent feature of public schools understanding and meeting the social, mental health, and medical needs of grandparents who are raising their grandchildren using observational research to study and evaluate intergenerational program effectiveness and the relationships among the people involved viewing differences among people as assets developing intergenerational program models providing children with a 'life-cycle'view of the world Intergenerational Approaches in Aging offers the personnel of state and local agencies on aging, nursing homes, senior centers, and geriatric homes practical advice, innovative ideas, and supportive materials for developing and implementing intergenerational activities and programs that can benefit all parties involved. Academics and school administrators will also benefit from this book as they learn concrete methods for integrating aging education into already existing curricula and building new conceptual frames of reference for a wide variety of social issues and historical topics.

Table of Contents

Preface	xv
Rose Dobrof, DSW
Introduction	1	(2)
Kevin Brabazon, MPA
Robert Disch, MA
SECTION I: DEFINING THE INTERGENERATIONAL FIELD	3	(30)
Intergenerational Studies: A Multi-Disciplinary Field	5	(12)
Elizabeth Larkin, EdD
Sally Newman, PhD
Intergenerational Studies' Growing Pains: The Quest for Identity and Implications for Practice	17	(16)
Ed Rosenberg, PhD
Lois E. Layne, PhD
Maureen Power, PhD
SECTION II: GRANDPARENT CAREGIVING	33	(44)
Becoming Parents Again: Grandparents Raising Grandchildren	35	(12)
Diane Morrow-Kondos, MS
Joseph A. Weber; PhD
Kathy Cooper, MS, RN
Jenny L. Hesser
An Innovative School-Based Intergenerational Model to Serve Grandparent Caregivers	47	(16)
Roy Grant
S. Gail Gordon, MSE, CSW
Sue T. Cohen, MS
Grandparent Caregivers: Legal and Economic Issues	63	(14)
Margaret M. Flint, JD
Melinda Perez-Porter; JD
SECTION III: INTERGENERATIONAL EDUCATION	77	(34)
Generations Learning Together	79	(14)
Ronald J. Manheimer; PhD
Learning by Sharing: An Intergenerational College Course	93	(10)
Patricia P. Pine, PhD
The Integration of Pro-Active Aging Education into Existing Educational Curricula	103	(8)
Barbara Friedman, MS
SECTION IV: INTERGENERATIONAL PROGRAM MODELS	111	(60)
A Case Study of Intergenerational Relations Through Dance with Profoundly Deaf Individuals	113	(12)
Andrea Sherman, PhD
Intergenerational Mentoring: A Viable Strategy for Meeting the Needs of Vulnerable Youth	125	(16)
Anita M. Rogers, PhD
Andrea S. Taylor, PhD
Rememberers and Remembrances: Fostering Connections with Intergenerational Interviewing	141	(10)
Nancy Lubarsky, EdD
Sore Tongues and Stiff Necks-Problem Solving Through a Grandparent Discussion/Support Group	151	(12)
Helene Block Fields, MEd
Why a Geriatric Center?	163	(8)
Dee Baecher-Brown, MA
SECTION V: APPROACHES TO EVALUATION	171	(24)
Intergenerational Program Evaluation for the 1990s and Beyond	173	(10)
Christopher R. Ward, PhD
Observational Research in Intergenerational Programming: Need and Opportunity	183	(12)
Valerie S. Kuehne, PhD
Caroline L. Collins, PhD
SECTION VI: COMMUNITY BUILDING	195	(48)
Intergenerational Programming: A Vehicle for Promoting Intra-and Cross-Cultural Understanding	197	(14)
Nancy Z. Henkin, PhD
Nancy Santiago, MEd
Michael Sonkowsky, MA
Steven Tunick, MEd
The Benefits of Intergenerational Community Service Projects: Implications for Promoting Intergenerational Unity, Community Activism, and Cultural Continuity	211	(18)
Matt Kaplan, PhD
Forming Intergenerational Program Networks	229	(14)
Herbert Callison, MS
Donna Kirk-Swaffar, MA
SECTION VII: THE ROAD AHEAD Towards Civic Renewal: How Senior Citizens Could Save Civil Society	243	(22)
Marc Freedman
Index	265