Films

§         Dudley Street

§         Evelyn Williams

§         Gatekeepers

§         If These Walls Could Talk (1996)

§         If These Walls Could Talk 2 (2000)

§         Legacy

Readings

§         Adin, A. (2002). Building shades of grey: Promoting social sustainability through housing for seniors. In: G. Desfor, D. Barndt, and B. Rahder (Eds.) Just doing it: Popular collective action in the Americas (pp. 173-193). Montreal: Black Rose Books.

§         Balaswamy, S. and Dabelko, H. (2002). Using a stakeholder participatory model in a community-wide service needs assessment of elderly residents: A case study. Journal of Community Practice, 10 (1), 55-70.

§         Bartels, S.J. & Smyer, M.A. (2002). Mental disorders of aging: An emerging mental health crisis? Generations. 26 (1):14-20.

§         Barusch, A. (2002). Foundations of social policy. Selected readings: Cultural Perspectives on Old Age in Colonial America, 270-274; Early Programs and Policies for the Elderly, 276-279; The Social Security Act, 44-72.

§         Coleman et al., (1999). Building communities with intergenerational strategies. Community 2(2).

§         Crose, R. & Minear, M. (1998). Project CARE: A model for establishing neighborhood centers to increase access to services by low-income, minority elders. Journal of Gerontological Social Work, 30 (3/4), 73-82.

§         Early retirement? Don’t even think about it: Older workers. (2002, March 23). The Economist.

§         Ezell, M. (2000) Advocacy in the human service.  Belmont, CA: Wadsworth

§         Fatout, M. & Rose, S.R. (1996) Task groups in the social services. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.

§         Feldman et al. (2001). Improving communication between researchers and policy makers in long-term care. The Gerontologist, 4 (1), 3.

§         Greif, G. & Ephross, P.H. (1997).  Group work with populations at risk.  New York:  Oxford University Press

§         Kirst-Ashman, K.K. & Hull, G.H. (2001).  Generalist practice with organizations and communities.  (2^nd Ed).  Belmont, CA:  Wadsworth.

§         Minkler, M. (1992). Community organizing among the elderly poor in the United States: A case study. International Journal of Health Services, 22 (2), 303-316.

§         Netting. F.E., Kettner, P.M., McMurtry, S.L. (2003). Social work macro practice. Old Tappan, NJ: Allyn & Bacon, Inc.

§         Newman, K. (2003). A different shade of gray: Mid-life and beyond in the inner city. New York, NY: The New Press.

§         Prince, M. (2002, August 18). Graying of America calls for new benefits strategies: Changing demographics mean employers will have to attract, retain older workers. Business Insurance, 36(3).

§         Serafini, M.W. (2002). AARP’s new direction. National Journal 34 (1).

§         Silverman, P. (1990). Widow to widow: A mutual help program for the widowed. In R. Price et al. (eds). Fourteen ounces of prevention: A casebook for practitioners.

§         Vladeck. B.C. (1980). Nursing Homes and Public Policy: A History. In Unloving care: The nursing home tragedy. New York, NY: Basic Books, (pp. 39-70).

§         Williamson, J. & Watts-Roy (1999). Framing the generational equity debate. In: Generational equity debate. New York, NY: Columbia University Press.

Incomplete Reference Citations

§         Kretzman & Mcknight’s asset based community development approach

§         Read (or listen to) an NPR report about a coalition of Wisconsin nursing homes

§         Robert, S. Community context and

§         Rosen, Pancake & Rickards. (19XX). Mental health policy and older Americans: Historical and current perspectives.

§         Text on federal grant funding for needy older adults

Modules

§         The effect of baby boomers (WSU GeroRich Teaching Module #5, The Future of Long-Term Care; Module #10 Kinship Care)

Guest Speakers (related to the following settings or topics)

§         Aging and community development

§         Alzheimer’s Association

§         Community resources for older adults

§         Kinship navigator

§         Local agency director

§         Local older adult services agency

§         Panel of agency administrators

Websites

§         AARP, www.aarp.org

§         Center for Rural Pennsylvania, http://www.ruralpa.org/access.html

§         Geezer-Bashing: Media Attacks on the Elderly,
http://www.fair.org/extra/best-of-extra/geezer-bashing.html

§         Maggie Kuhn, Founder of Gray Panthers, http://www.mtmt.essortment.com/maggiekuhn_rfxw.htm, and http://www.creativequotations.com/one/1171.htm

§         Minnesota Self-Reliance Options and Security (SOS), http://www.mnsos.com/whatissos.asp

§         NPR report on Wellspring inclusive management process, http://www.npr.org/programs/morning/features/2002/sept/nursinghomes/index.html

§         Social Work Aging Resource Center, section on aging services, www.sjsu.edu/swarc

§         United States Administration on Aging, www.aoa.gov

Discussion

§         Advocacy efforts

§         Aging as a community with common interests: Retirement communities and senior housing

§         Community analysis with one of the mandatory foci on agency programs

§         Grey Panthers and AARP, social action movements

§         Show film on intergenerational issues, and discuss the community-level interventions needed

Lectures

§         Chronology of federal policy decisions

§         Community organizing and interviewing of consumers to assess needs

§         Funding for aging-related projects

§         How older adults function in communities and organizations, older adults as a political cohort

§         Meso/macro roles, theories pertinent to mental health/aging, historical figures and movements in mental health/aging,

§         Older Americans Act

§         Overview of federal and state caregiving legislation, long-term care  payment resources and barriers to receiving care, legal and financial issues

§         Services for grandparents raising grandchildren, including barriers within legal and social system and social workers’ role in the delivery of services

§         Women and aging

Exercises

§         Assignment for semester long study of ageism within home communities

§         Community profile assignment: assess community from standpoint of different age groups

§         Demographic Overview of Status of Older Adults in US: Classroom exercise applying community mapping in residential elder care facility

§         In-class exercise: case assessments

§         Legislative simulation:  kinship care

§         Study organizational chart for Indiana agency on aging

§         Studying organizations, communities and their resources

Assignments:

Written

§         Group grant writing

§         Journal articles

§         Media assignment:  Letter to editor to advocate for policies serving needs of older adults

§         Paper on community agency service project

§         Paper on social change - interview with someone different (age)

§         Reflective paper on own research and guest speaker info

§         Study organizational chart for Indiana Agency on Aging

Interviews

§         A community leader who may be an older community member

§         An administrator of an agency that provides services to older adults

Projects/Presentations

§         2-person team advocacy project and presentation: conduct an initial implementation, and think through an evaluation and follow-up

§         Analyze local communities using census data, identify factors affecting older adults, and formulate agency strategies

§         Assignment (paper and presentation): Term Project-assessment of problem pertaining to older adults,  proposed intervention, program goals, program objectives and tasks, and program evaluation,

§         Class presentation on senior activities

§         Community budgeting assignment focuses on planning a senior nutrition program

§         Conduct community needs assessments in a nearby area and share  results with a gerontologist

§         Group presentations of hypothetical program proposals

§         Group projects on  topics such as: diversity in ability, race/ethnicity/culture, age, gender, or sexual orientation

§         Groups develop policy briefs and strategies to get them adopted at the agency, community, or state level

§         Program design of a joint project with current students and alumni working in aging settings

§         Research caregiver respite care coalitions (on websites)

§         Semester-long needs assessment includes older adult adults as a target population

§         Social action project offered in aging

§         Student-run workshop on recruiting volunteers and staff address contributions of seniors

Case Studies

§         2 cases from NASW’s Current Controversies in Social Work Ethics

§         Case presentations on improving research for policy communication

§         Case study (D. P. Fauri, et al, Cases in Macro SW Practice, ch. 16)

§         Case vignette of caregiving situations

Community Projects

§         Conducting focus groups with older adults

§         Direct experience relating classroom material to macro social work practice

§         Field visits to:

§         The women’s correctional institution

§         Community agencies that serve older adults

§         Community meeting attendance/report

§         A senior center

§         Profile and assessment of church or other faith-based organization