Aging services or services to the aging? Focus of a University-community curriculum development partnership to increase awareness of aging issues in social work practice

Journal of Gerontological Social Work

Volumn 50, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 187-204

  Diwan, Sadhna ^a   Wertheimer, Mindy R ^b  

^a SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Field education; Leadership development; Social work education

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CURRICULUM; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; GERIATRICS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; SOCIAL WORK; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; AWARENESS; CURRICULUM; FACULTY; GEORGIA; GERIATRICS; HUMANS; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL WORK; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 36649008078     PISSN: 01634372     EISSN: 15404048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J083v50n01_13     Document Type: Article

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