Community Development with Older Adults in Their Neighborhoods: The Elder Friendly Communities Program
| Autor: | Jackie Sieppert, Robert W. McClelland, Carol D. Austin, David Flux, Elizabeth Des Camp |
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| Rok vydání: | 2005 |
| Předmět: |
Gerontology
education.field_of_study Social work business.industry Service delivery framework media_common.quotation_subject 05 social sciences Population Ethnic group 050109 social psychology Qualitative property Medicine Community practice 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Psychological resilience business education Community development Social Sciences (miscellaneous) 050104 developmental & child psychology media_common |
| Zdroj: | Families in Society: The Journal of Contemporary Social Services. 86:401-409 |
| ISSN: | 1945-1350 1044-3894 |
| DOI: | 10.1606/1044-3894.3438 |
| Popis: | In this article, the authors report on lessons drawn from more than 3 years of experience with seniors-led community development at the neighborhood level, the Elder Friendly Communities Program (EFCP). Although community practice has a long history in social work, it has been largely neglected with older adults. Based on analysis of qualitative data, the authors discuss key themes that inform community development practice with seniors including (a) challenging the dominant paradigm of community-based service delivery, (b) efficiency and sustainability, (c) expectations and perceptions of expertise, (d) involvement and leadership, and (e) multicultural practice. With a growing and increasingly healthy elder population, it is time to expand the scope of gerontological social work practice beyond a focus on disability and dependency. |
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