Policy and Program Planning for Older Adults: Realities and Visions - Hardcover

Jurkowski MSW PhD, Elaine

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9780826129444: Policy and Program Planning for Older Adults: Realities and Visions

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ISBN 10: 0826129447 ISBN 13: 9780826129444

Publisher: Springer Publishing Company, 2007

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This authoritative book serves as an invaluable resource for policy advocates, program planners, and service delivery agents. It provides an overview of the major pieces of legislation that currently impact the field of aging, and the lives of older adults; addresses the philosophical, historical, and demographic challenges that they face; and lays out tools that facilitate policy and program development to include the media, coalition building, the use of an evidence base, and health promotion strategies. Jurkowski also examines major service areas for older adults, and how each major mandated program addresses these programs and services--a must for the program planner or a service delivery setting.

The book is also extremely helpful to graduate students in social work, public health, and gerontology, building their understanding of policy development through a critical analysis and review of policy frameworks, and promotes development of skills in shaping programs and implementing policy. Unlike other books in this field, Policy and Program Planning for Older Adults focuses on triangulating skills, policies, and programs for the reader, and blends a social welfare and public health approach to the text's conceptual design.

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About the Author:

is an Associate Professor and Graduate Program Director at the School of Social Work, Southern Illinois University Carbondale (SIUC). Dr. Jurkowski also coordinates the Certificate in Gerontology through the College of Education and Human Services at SIUC. Dr. Jurkowski's professional background includes both social work (BSW, MSW) and public health (Ph.D). Her work in the policy arena began during her undergraduate degree program in social work, and has continued throughout her career. Dr. Jurkowski has spent most of her career writing about access to care issues for older adults and people with disabilities. She has been effective in shaping policy and program efforts in several countries in addition to the United States, including Canada, India, and Niger.

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