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

by Disch; Robert

• ISBN13: 9780789013286
• ISBN10: 0789013282
• eBook ISBN(s): 9781136377679
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2001-06-08
• Publisher: Routledge
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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.

Table of Contents

Preface	xv
Rose Dobrof
Introduction	1	(2)
Kevin Brabazon
Robert Disch
SECTION I: DEFINING THE INTERGENERATIONAL FIELD	3	(30)
Intergenerational Studies: A Multi-Disciplinary Field	5	(12)
Elizabeth Larkin
Sally Newman
Intergenerational Studies' Growing Pains: The Quest for Identity and Implications for Practice	17	(16)
Ed Rosenberg
Lois E. Layne
Maureen Power
SECTION II: GRANDPARENT CAREGIVING	33	(44)
Becoming Parents Again: Grandparents Raising Grandchildren	35	(12)
Diane Morrow-Kondos
Joseph A. Weber
Kathy Cooper
Jenny L. Hesser
An Innovative School-Based Intergenerational Model to Serve Grandparent Caregivers	47	(16)
Roy Grant
S. Gail Gordon
Sue T. Cohen
Grandparent Caregivers: Legal and Economic Issues	63	(14)
Margaret M. Flint
Melinda Perez-Porter
SECTION III: INTERGENERATIONAL EDUCATION	77	(34)
Generations Learning Together	79	(14)
Ronald J. Manheimer
Learning by Sharing: An Intergenerational College Course	93	(10)
Patricia P. Pine
The Integration of Pro-Active Aging Education into Existing Educational Curricula	103	(8)
Barbara Friedman
SECTION IV: INTERGENERATIONAL PROGRAM MODELS	111	(60)
A Case Study of Intergenerational Relations Through Dance with Profoundly Deaf Individuals	113	(12)
Andrea Sherman
Intergenerational Mentoring: A Viable Strategy for Meeting the Needs of Vulnerable Youth	125	(16)
Anita M. Rogers
Andrea S. Taylor
Rememberers and Remembrances: Fostering Connections with Intergenerational Interviewing	141	(10)
Nancy Lubarsky
Sore Tongues and Stiff Necks--Problem Solving Through a Grandparent Discussion/Support Group	151	(12)
Helene Block Fields
Why a Geriatric Center?	163	(8)
Dee Baecher-Brown
SECTION V: APPROACHES TO EVALUATION	171	(24)
Intergenerational Program Evaluation for the 1990s and Beyond	173	(10)
Christopher R. Ward
Observational Research in Intergenerational Programming: Need and Opportunity	183	(12)
Valerie S. Kuehne
Caroline L. Collins
SECTION VI: COMMUNITY BUILDING	195	(70)
Intergenerational Programming: A Vehicle for Promoting Intra- and Cross-Cultural Understanding	197	(14)
Nancy Z. Henkin
Nancy Santiago
Michael Sonkowsky
Steven Tunick
The Benefits of Intergenerational Community Service Projects: Implications for Promoting Intergenerational Unity, Community Activism, and Cultural Continuity	211	(18)
Matt Kaplan
Forming Intergenerational Program Networks	229	(14)
Herbert Callison
Donna Kirk-Swaffar
SECTION VII: THE ROAD AHEAD
Towards Civic Renewal: How Senior Citizens Could Save Civil Society	243	(22)
Marc Freedman
Index	265