Engaging students in gerontological work through innovative caregiving programming: introduction to three brief reports.
The number of Americans aged 65 and older is projected to increase from 35 million to 88.5 million in the first half of the 21st century. However, there is a serious gap between the number of health care and social service practitioners needed to work with the aging and the number available and trained to do so. The authors review current research on what works in engaging students in geriatric and gerontological work. The authors then present three projects from the Weinberg Caregiver Initiative as illustrations of innovative caregiver programming building on community-based partnerships which successfully incorporate aspects of best practices in gerontological education to increase student interest in work with the aging populations, while serving older adults and their caregivers.
a Silberman Center of Excellence in Aging and Diversity (SCEAD), Silberman School of Social Work , Hunter College, City University of New York , New York , New York , USA.
Caroline
C
Gelman
Kathy
K
Black
Lenard W
LW
Kaye
D000368:Aged; D002321:Career Choice; D017028:Caregivers / Q000523:psychology*; D004059:Diffusion of Innovation; D005260:Female; D005853:Geriatrics / Q000193:education*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013336:Students, Health Occupations / Q000523:psychology*; D014481:United States
active learning; aging education; caregivers