SOWK 1011 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Sage Gateshead, Chronic Condition, United States Census Bureau
10 Feb 2021
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Gerontological social workers, work in nursing homes, assisted living facilities, and other similar environments. They often carry out various functions such as counselling, doing psychological assessments, advocating for their clients, educating (clients families, staff, etc), and other administrative tasks such as organizing and maintaining case files. In this chapter it is essential to take account of the widely differing needs and characteristics between the current cohort of oldest-old (e. g. , those age 85 and older) and the baby boomers (aoa, 2011; us census. Elder"s decisions about households are influenced by, their health status, extent of functional ability, geographic location, finances, families. Those with chronic illness and disabilities often prefer safer living arrangements, there is not a variety and often do not promote health and manage disabilities well. It is vital for social workers to differentiate immediate and long term care needs for baby boomers needs and wants.
