Elder Care and Service Learning

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Elder Care and Service Learning A Handbook

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Edited by Susanne Bleiberg Seperson and Carol Hegeman

Published under the auspices of The Foundation for Long Term Care

ISBN: 0-86569-305-6

ISBN-13: 978-0-86569-305-0

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264 pages, figures

Auburn House

Publication: 3/30/2002

List Price: $98.95 (UK Sterling Price: £57.95)

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Media Type: Hardcover

Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4

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Endorsement From Paul Roodin
Director, Experienced Based Education and Professor of Psychology
SUNY College at Oswego: This is a comprehensive book that covers the field from every dimension: knowledge, skills, sensitivities, policy, history, and pedagogy. There are examples and illustrations to inspire and encourage students and instructors to embrace this innovative pedagogy. No one will be afraid to break new ground since careful reading anticipates most basic concerns. The book is inspirational and instructional in showing how learning, teaching, and service can work together on behalf of the elderly. What a wonderful way to learn!
Endorsement From Sheldon Tobin
Professor Emeritus
University at Albany, SUNY: A thoughtful guide for students and teachers who are contemplating on participating in service learning experiences with the elderly.

Description: Part I describes the diverse service-learning experience. Part II provides basic information on aging from demographic, biological, physiological, and psychosocial perspectives. Part III describes a service learning classroom and the many tools a student and a professor can use to maximize the learning in this special kind of class. Part IV is devoted to communication. Here, interviewing, surveying, and oral history skills are defined. Part V helps the student prepare for the unexpected--what to do when one is actually in a service learning experience with an elder or a group of elders. Part VI is devoted to elder-care policy. Students and their professors will gain a perspective on how to think about and debate issues about aging. Part VII is devoted to case studies of very different service-learning experiences. Following are four comprehensive appendixes, including annotated bibliographies for further reading about service-learning and aging, a code of ethics, and a service learning elder-care manual for implementation of a program.

Table of Contents:

Preface
What Is Service Learning?
Basic Information on Aging
The Service-Learning Class
Communication Skills
Doing Service Learning with the Elderly
Elder-Care Issues, Policy and History
Case Studies of Service-Learning Experiences
Appendixes
Index

LC Card Number: 2001033319

LCC Class: HV1451

Dewey Class: 362


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