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| Social work response to the 1995 White House Conference on Aging | | Author(s) | Constance Corley Saltz, Anita Rosen |
| Journal title | Journal of Gerontological Social Work, vol 27, no 3, 1997 |
| Pages | pp 1-7 |
| Source | http://www.tandfonline.com |
| Keywords | Older people ; Services ; Social policy ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | This article summarises the NASW (US National Association of Social Work) recommendations made at its post-White House Conference on Aging. These include: support for grandparents raising grandchildren; increasing training and demonstration projects in gerontological mental health, and health and social services practice; expanding the Nursing Home Reform Act 1987; promoting multidisciplinary, multi-service centres for home and community based services; securing legislation for a federal advanced directives law (living wills); revising Medicare regulations; and increasing public awareness of mental health and ageing needs, including caregiver services. An overview of other papers in this issue is also included. |
| Accession Number | CPA-980219214 A |
| Classmark | B: I: TM2: 7T |
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