Resources
Please click on the names below if you'd like to print the case vignettes for your own use.
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.
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.
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/.
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
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
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.
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/.
SAGE (2019). The Facts on LGBT Aging.
Retrieved from https://www.sageusa.org/resource-posts/the-facts-on-lgbt-aging/
Scommegna, P. (2012). More U.S. Children Raised by Grandparents. Population Reference Bureau.
Retrieved from https://www.prb.org/us-children-grandparents/.
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
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.
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.