Resources
Please click on the names below if you'd like to print the case vignettes for your own use.
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Below are several videos that are excellent resources for social workers interested in working with older adults.
References
American Psychological Association (2017). Older Adults' Health and Age-Related Changes: Related Verses Myth.
Retrieved from https://www.apa.org/pi/aging/resources/myth-reality.pdf.
Baril, A. and Silverman, M. (2019). Forgotten Lives: Trans Older Adults Living with Dementia at the Intersection of
Cisgenderism, Ableism/Cogniticism and Ageism.
Retrieved from https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1363460719876835.
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Barrington, V., Goldberg, J and Lang, K. (2016). How to Prevent and End Homelessness Among Older Adults. Justice in
Aging Special Report. Retrieved from https://www.justiceinaging.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Homelessness-Older-Adults.pdf.
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Centers for Disease Control (2017). The Truth about Aging and Dementia
Retrieved from https://www.cdc.gov/aging/publications/features/dementia-not-normal-aging.html.
Cohn, D. and Passel, J. (2018). A Record 64 Million Americans live in Multigenerational Households. The Pew Research
Center. Retrieved from https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2018/04/05/a-record-64-million-americans-live-in-multigenerational-households/.
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Consumer Affairs (2020). How Much do Hearing Aids Cost?
Retrieved from https://www.consumeraffairs.com/health/hearing-aid-cost.html.
de Medeiros, K. (2016). Narrative Gerontology: Countering the Master Narratives of Aging (Invited). Narrative Works, 6(1). Retrieved from
https://journals.lib.unb.ca/index.php/NW/article/view/25446
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McDermott, K.W., Elixhauser, A. and Sun, R. (2017). Trends in Hospital Inpatient Stays in the United States, 2005–2014.
Health Care Cost and Utilization Project. Retrieved from https://www.hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/statbriefs/sb225-Inpatient-US-Stays-Trends.pdf
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National Institute on Aging (2017). Talking with Older Patient: Supporting Older Patients with Chronic Conditions.
Retrieved from https://www.nia.nih.gov/health/supporting-older-patients-chronic-conditions.
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Newman, K. (2017). A Look into Older Adults State of Mind. U.S. News.
Retrieved from https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/articles/2017-10-11/older-adults-struggle-to-get-adequate-mental-health-care
Pace, P. (2014). Need for Geriatric Social Work Grows. National Association of Social Workers Social Work Blog.
Retrieved from http://www.socialworkblog.org/nasw-news-article/2014/02/need-for-geriatric-social-work-grows/.
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SAGE (2019). The Facts on LGBT Aging.
Retrieved from https://www.sageusa.org/resource-posts/the-facts-on-lgbt-aging/
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Scommegna, P. (2012). More U.S. Children Raised by Grandparents. Population Reference Bureau.
Retrieved from https://www.prb.org/us-children-grandparents/.
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Snedeker, L. (2019). Understanding Depression and Aging: Guidance for Social Workers.
Retrieved from https://www.socialworktoday.com/archive/JF18p10.shtml.
World Health Organization (2017). Mental Health of Older Adults.
Retrieved from https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/mental-health-of-older-adults
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U.S. Census Bureau (2019). 2020 Census Will Help Policymakers Prepare for the Incoming Wave of Aging Boomers.
Retrieved from https://www.census.gov/library/stories/2019/12/by-2030-all-baby-boomers-will-be-age-65-or-older.html.
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U.S. News (2017). A Look into Older Adults' State of Mind.
Retrieved from https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/articles/2017-10-11/older-adults-struggle-to-get-adequate-mental-health-care.
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