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Barusch, Amanda | Social security is not for babies: trends and policies affecting older women in the United States | In the first year of the new century, over a million American women officially entered the ranks of "the elderly" by reaching their 65th birthday (U.S. Bureau of the Census, 1999). What can they expect of government policy? To what extent will the nation's economic support systems respond to their n... | Income security; Shifting fertility patterns; Labor force participation | 2001-01-01 |
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Barusch, Amanda | Serving older men: dilemmas and opportunities for geriatric care managers | Geriatric care settings are essentially feminine. Most of the clients (or patients) are women, as are most of the care managers and care providers. Further, these settings are characterized by an "ethic of care," most compatible with a feminine world view. Clearly geriatric care is not specifical... | 2000 | |
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Yaffe, Joanne | Online practice course development with action research: a case example | Abstract. Despite the proliferation of online courses in social work, questions still exist about learning practice skills in an online instructional environment. This paper describes a case example of an action-oriented approach to the development of an online practice course. Lessons learned from ... | Instructional design; Technology; Social work practice skills | 2008 |
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Barusch, Amanda | Depressive symptoms in the frail elderly: physical and psycho-social correlates | The elderly who suffer from chronic illness are at unusually high risk of depression and depressive symptoms. This study was conducted to describe the prevalence of depressive symptoms in a sample of chronically-ill elders and to examine the relationship between physical illness and depression, bot... | Physical correlates; Psycho-social correlates | 1999 |
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