ISBN:
9780789003560
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (289 p)
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Intergenerational Approaches in Aging : Implications for Education, Policy, and Practice
DDC:
305.26071173
Keywords:
Electronic books
Abstract:
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
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Intergenerational Approaches in Aging: Implications for Education, Policy and Practice; Copyright; CONTENTS; Preface; Introduction; SECTION I: DEFINING THE INTERGENERATIONAL FIELD; Intergenerational Studies: A Multi-Disciplinary Field; Intergenerational Studies' Growing Pains: The Quest for Identity and Implications for Practice; SECTION II: GRANDPARENT CAREGIVING; Becolning Parents Again: Grandparents Raising Grandchildren; An Innovative School-Based Intergenerational Model to Serve Grandparent Caregivers; Grandparent Caregivers: Legal and Economic Issues
Description / Table of Contents:
SECTION III: INTERGENERATIONAL EDUCATIONGenerations Learning Together; Learning by Sharing: An Intergenerational College Course; The Integration of Pro-Active Aging Education into Existing Educational Curricula; SECTION IV: INTERGENERATIONAL PROGRAM MODELS; A Case Study of Intergenerational Relations Through Dance with Profoundly Deaf Individuals; Intergenerational Mentoring: A Viable Strategy for Meeting the Needs of Vulnerable Youth; Rememberers and Remembrances: Fostering Connections with Intergenerational Interviewing
Description / Table of Contents:
Sore Tongues and Stiff Necks- Problem Solving Through a Grandparent Discussion/Support GroupWhy a Geriatric Center?; SECTION V: APPROACHES TO EVALUATION; Intergenerational Program Evaluation for the 1990s and Beyond; Observational Research in Intergenerational Programming: Need and Opportunity; SECTION VI: COMMUNITY BUILDING; Intergenerational Programming: A Vehicle for Promoting Intra- and Cross-Cultural Understanding; The Benefits of Intergenerational Community Service Projects: Implications for Promoting Intergenerational Unity, Community Activism, and Cultural Continuity
Description / Table of Contents:
Forming Intergenerational Program NetworksSECTION VII: THE ROAD AHEAD; Towards Civic Renewal: How Senior Citizens Could Save Civil Society; Index
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