Fields of Practice: Aging

Services

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Case Management

■Promote independence by linking older adults to

community-based resources
■Resources
■Income support
■Home health care services

■Transportation

■Legal services

■Nutrition

■Social networking
Elder Abuse

■Adult protective services (all 50 states)

■Mandatory reporting in most states
■Types of elder abuse
■Neglect
■Psychological abuse

■Physical abuse

■Financial exploitation

■Abandonment
Support for Family Caregivers

■ Kin-keepers
Spouses or daughters and daughters-in-law
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■ Factors
■Health, mobility, and functional disabilities
■Cognitive frailty

■ Social workers provide

■Counseling and support
■Links to community resources

■Advocacy
Multipurpose Senior Centers

■Over 9,000 multipurpose senior centers in

the U.S.
■Social workers
■Administer programs
■Lead group activities

■Coordinate volunteer programs

■Promote healthy life choices and successful

aging