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The Aging Network and Managed Long-Term Care
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Polivka, Larry; Zayac, Helen – Gerontologist, 2008
Since the early 1980s, service providers and area agencies on aging, that is, the aging network, have developed a number of strengths as they built a community-based long-term-care system in most states. Many area agencies and providers now have the capacity to assess the needs of older persons, identify appropriate services, and administer…
Descriptors: Health Promotion, Caregivers, Community Resources, Aging (Individuals)
Training Needs for Providing Case Management for the Long-Term Care Client: Lessons from the National Channeling Demonstration.
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Applebaum, Robert A.; Wilson, Nancy L. – Gerontologist, 1988
Claims case managers face special challenges in working with elderly clients who need long-term care. Describes case managers' needs for population-specific training in understanding clients, analyzing the service environment, and mastering techniques of case management. (Author/ABL)
Descriptors: Community Services, Coordination, Counselor Training, Delivery Systems
The Elderly as Surplus People: Is There a Role for Higher Education?
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Morris, Robert; Bass, Scott A. – Gerontologist, 1986
Examines the capacity of older people to serve as an economic and social resource. A proposal to develop a secondary labor market which employs older people in expanding the current human service delivery system, and a case study of a specific educational approach providing new opportunities leading to productive roles for able people in human…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Community Role, Delivery Systems, Higher Education