Community Resources for Older Adults: Programs and Services in an Era of Change

Robbyn R. Wacker, Karen A. Roberto

SAGE, Dec 17, 2007 - Social Science - 465 pages

Features and Benefits:

- Provides an overview of legislation that provides the foundation for aging related benefits and services

- Discusses theories that help predict service use, thus offering readers a framework to understand why older adults often do not use services

- Provides case studies that encourage critical thinking about the delivery and use of community resources

- Descrbes both public and private programs and services available to older adults, in-depth reviews of the current body of empirical literature in each program area, and discussions of the challenges programs and services will face in the future

- Includes best practice examples of community programs from around the country that illustrate unique ways to meet the needs of older adults

- Lists national organizations and Internet resources for each topic area

- Includes learning activities that challenge students to explore the community resources that exist in the reader's locale

Contents

• On the Threshold of a New Era: 3
• Legislative Foundations for Programs Services and Benefits Supporting Older Adults: 13
• Patterns of Service Use and Theories of HelpSeeking Behavior: 35
• THE CONTINUUM OF SERVICES: 51
• Information and Assistance: 53
• Best Practice Information and ReferralAssistance ServicesMedicare Information Outreach: 57
• Information and ReferralAssistance Services: 64
• Learning Activities: 70
• Volunteer and Intergenerational Programs: 73
• Education Programs: 93
• Senior Centers and Recreation: 115
• Manzano Mesa Multigenerational Center: 121
• Addressing Diversity: 128
• Loneliness of a Caregiver: 134
• Employment Programs: 137
• JobSeeking Online: 142
• Income Programs: 151
• Nutrition and Meal Programs: 167
• Health Care and Wellness: 189
• Medical Benefits for Retired Veterans: 206
• National Institute on Aging Fitness Guide: 212
• Mental Health Services: 219
• Legal Services: 239
• Transportation: 261
• Housing: 283
• Continuing Care Retirement Communities: 298
• Care Management: 311
• Home Care Services: 331
• Home Care Services: 332
• Caring for Lesbian and Gay Older Adults: 338
• Hospice of the Florida Suncoast: 344
• Respite Services: 349
• LongTerm Care Services: 365
• LongTerm Care Facilities: 371
• Community Certified Nurse Aide Mentoring Training Program: 377
• LongTerm Care Services: 382
• Improving Quality of Life in Nursing Homes: 383
• PREPARING FOR THE FUTURE: 391
• References: 399
• Index: 453
• About the Author: 465

About the author

Robbyn R. Wacker, Ph.D., is the Provost and Senior Vice President and Professor of Gerontology at the University of Northern Colorado. Her research interests include international aging social policy and psychosocial predictors of community service use among older adults. She has published over 65 refereed presentations, scholarly articles, books, and conference proceedings and has earned numerous university and professional awards, including UNC’s Academic Leadership Excellence Award. Karen A. Roberto, Ph.D., is the Director of the Center for Gerontology, Founding Director of the Institute of Society, Culture, and Environment, and Professor of Human Development at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. She also holds adjunct appointments in the Departments of Internal Medicine and Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine at the Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine. She has published over 150 scholarly articles and book chapters, is the editor/author of ten books, and has earned numerous university and professional awards, including the Gerontological Society of America Behavioral and Social Science Distinguished Mentorship in Gerontology Award

Bibliographic information

• Title: Community Resources for Older Adults: Programs and Services in an Era of Change
• Authors: Robbyn R. Wacker, Karen A. Roberto
• Edition: illustrated, annotated
• Publisher: SAGE, 2007
• ISBN: 1412951291, 9781412951296
• Length: 465 pages
• Subjects: Social Science / Gerontology; Social Science / Social Work