"THE SENIOR COMMUNITY SERVICE AIDE PROGRAM": A PREVENTATIVE PROGRAMMATIC APPLICATION OF PAID, PART-TIME WORK EXPERIENCE FOR OLDER ADULTS IN A HEALTH CARE SETTING.
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Title
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"THE SENIOR COMMUNITY SERVICE AIDE PROGRAM": A PREVENTATIVE PROGRAMMATIC APPLICATION OF PAID, PART-TIME WORK EXPERIENCE FOR OLDER ADULTS IN A HEALTH CARE SETTING.
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Identifier
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AAI8023725
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identifier
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8023725
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Creator
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PAGEL, PAUL ROBERT.
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Contributor
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Jesse Smith
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Date
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1980
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Language
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English
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Publisher
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City University of New York.
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Subject
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Social Work
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Abstract
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In March of 1978, the Department of Social and Community Services of Maimonides Medical Center, a 610 bed voluntary, non-profit, teaching hospital in Brooklyn, applied for, and was subsequently accepted as a placement site for eight Senior Community Service Aides.;The Senior Community Service Aide Program, supported under Title V of the Older Americans Act, is a program whose objectives--predicated upon the assumption of a new role for older adults--are to provide work experience, training, and job skills development for low income, older adults, while providing social services, especially for the aging.;One objective of the Senior Community Service Aide Program was to extend the scope of social services available to the aging population served by Maimonides Medical Center, through outreach techniques, beyond the parameters of conventional hospital based social work services.;Secondly, the Senior Community Service Aide Program sought to demonstrate the viability of a new role for older adults--that of a paid, part-time para-professional extender of hospital based social services.;During a seven month period running from October 15, 1978 to May 15, 1979, eight Senior Community Service Aide personnel provided social services to 517 clients of Maimonides Medical Center. An evaluation of the program looked at new services generated by the Senior Community Service Aides, and efficacy of the program was examined by collecting information from a sample of the patient population served, and the eight Senior Community Service Aides themselves.;The program was resoundingly evaluated as effective by the recipients of service sampled, by the eight Senior Community Service Aides and finally, the hospital based social workers who were associated with the program from its inception.;The Senior Community Service Aide Program has provided over 2,000 social services to almost 1,000 residents of the community contiguous to Maimonides Medical Center since the inauguration of the program in October, 1978.
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Type
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dissertation
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Source
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PQT Legacy CUNY.xlsx
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degree
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D.S.W.
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Program
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Social Work
