Optimizing the Productive Engagement of Older Adults
Lower birth rates and increasing life expectancy are dramatically changing the population’s age distribution, in the U.S. and around the globe. With fewer younger people... Read More
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Maximize The Choices Older Adults Have For Participating In The Life Of Their Community
Multiple issues exist that reduce the participation of people in community as they age (e.g., attitudes/ageism, lack of suitable transportation, an inhospitable built environment, lack... Read More
Interrupt The Patterns of Cumulative Disadvantage Across the Lifespan by Promoting Equity and Choice
This challenge can be addressed in all areas in which social workers are employed. This promotes a strengths perspective and an expectation of collaboration between... Read More
Redesign Physical Structures and Social Institutions to Promote Health, Well-Being, and Choice for All Ages
The world is facing a dramatically changing demographic composition that combines increasing diversity, growth in the population size, and longer life expectancy. The physical structures,... Read More
Integrate Health, Mental Health, and Social Services for People of All Ages
This suggestion was the result of a group exercise sponsored by the Hartford Doctoral Fellows program at the annual meeting of the Gerontological Society of... Read More
