Area Five Agency on Aging and Community Services, Inc. is an independent not-for-profit organization, governed by a volunteer board of directors, dedicated to meeting the needs of the elderly, disabled, and disadvantaged members of the communities we ser
This policy change challenges psychologists, social workers, and all geriatric practitioners to identify risk and protective factors in order to implement community-based policies in ways which promote the wellbeing of frail older adults. The present small-scale exploratory study focused on the risk ...
You have done the work, you have learned many of life’s lessons, and now you can sit back and enjoy life without all that youthful angst and uncertainty. Health 1 Do Exercise Bikes Work Out Your Abs and Core? Exercise bikes are fantastic for getting in a quality, low-impact work...
Aging services or services to the aging?focus of a university-community curriculum development partnership to increase awareness of aging issues in social ... This paper describes a partnership between social work faculty and community practitioners to develop gerontological curricula to increase awareness...
the results on a map. Using publicly available mapping tools, aGeographic Information Systemcan combine in-the-field collected data with other data sets, enable users to drill down by locality or resource type, and use that to better understand acommunity, market or todeliver a valued service....
(2005). Sexuality, sexual health, and ageing. Berkshire: Open University Press. Google Scholar Gott, C. M. (2001). Sexual activity and risk-taking in later life. Health and Social Care in the Community, 9, 72–78. Article Google Scholar Han, B., Gfroerer, J. C., Colliver, J....
These data indicate a need for general health care and aging services to develop programs targeted to the specific needs of aging LGB adults, and for LGB-specific programs to increase attention to the chronic conditions that are common among all older adults. 展开 关键词:...
Using the Andersen-Newman model of health services utilization, factors associated with unmet needs for formal home and community services were evaluated cross-sectionally in a sample of community-dwelling African American and White older adults. Unmet needs for services were associated with inadequate ...
With the older population becoming more diverse, we are eager to see services expanded to under-served areas and populations. We believe that trackingcommunity indicators in each of the four goal areas will provide decision makers with valuable information to guide future investments in our region....
This discourse reveals both representational and experiential views on bareback, such variance of which makes clear a number of complex issues associated with the debate more broadly. One such issue encompasses the salience of safer sex messaging within the community, and more recently, the potential...