Public policy and the provision of psychological services to older adults.

2010 ◽  
Vol 41 (2) ◽  
pp. 97-103 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gregory A. Hinrichsen
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Public Policy ◽  
Psychological Services

National Public Policy of Aging and Old Age

2020 ◽  
pp. 73-91
Author(s):  
Juan Carlos Olaya Molano ◽  
Carolina Aguirre Garzón ◽  
Jaime Manuel Mora Cruz ◽  
Jorge Eliecer Gaitán Méndez
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Public Policy ◽  
Old Age ◽  
Basic Needs ◽  
Quantitative Approach ◽  
Business Plans ◽  
The Public ◽  
The City

The application of the public policy of aging and old age in the city of Bogotá in the last 10 years has forced people over 60 years to regularly undertake activities in which they worked for many years as employees. Other older adults have continued working to meet their basic needs. However, under this reference, the methodology used in the research was a mixed qualitative-quantitative approach because the two are of great importance to deduce whether the national public policy of aging has brought advantages or disadvantages to the development and/or continuity of the business plans being prepared by senior entrepreneurs.

scholarly journals Older Adults’ Intention to Socially Isolate Once COVID-19 Stay-at-Home Orders Are Replaced With “Safer-at-Home” Public Health Advisories: A Survey of Respondents in Maryland

2020 ◽  
Vol 39 (11) ◽  
pp. 1175-1183 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael A. Callow ◽  
Daniel D. Callow ◽  
Charles Smith
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Public Policy ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Linear Regression Analysis ◽  
Policy Implications ◽  
Analysis Of Covariance ◽  
Political Affiliation ◽  
Convenience Sample ◽  
Social Distancing ◽  
At Home

Background: The Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) and the Health Belief Model (HBM) were used to examine the opinion and behaviors of older adults regarding Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), social distancing practices, stay-at-home orders, and hypothetical public policy messaging strategies. Method: A convenience sample ( N = 242) of adults 60 and older in the state of Maryland took part in an online survey. Respondents filled out questions regarding demographic information, political affiliation, current social distancing behaviors, and TPB and HBM constructs in our proposed model. Linear regression analysis and analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) were conducted to test the model. Results: Attitude toward social isolation was affected by perceived benefits and barriers to social distancing measures, perceived severity of COVID-19, and political affiliation. Behavior intention was influenced by attitude, subjective norms, political affiliation, and messaging strategies. Conclusion: The study provides support for the conceptual model and has public policy implications as authorities begin to lift stay-at-home orders.

Survey of providers of psychological services to older adults.

1991 ◽  
Vol 22 (5) ◽  
pp. 413-415 ◽  
Author(s):  
Margaret Gatz ◽  
Michele J. Karel ◽  
Bonnie Wolkenstein
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Psychological Services

SELF-PERCEPTION OF ORAL HEALTH IN OLDER ADULTS: AN IMPORTANT INPUT INTO PUBLIC POLICY-MAKING

2011 ◽  
Vol 59 (9) ◽  
pp. 1764-1766
Author(s):  
Walda Viana Brígido de Moura ◽  
Diana Patrícia Tibúrcio da Frota ◽  
Andréa Silvia Walter de Aguiar ◽  
Gabriela Eugênio de Sousa Furtado ◽  
Maria Eneide Leitão de Almeida ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Public Policy ◽  
Oral Health ◽  
Policy Making ◽  
Self Perception ◽  
Public Policy Making ◽  
Important Input

Grandparents Raising Grandchildren in the Inner City

1997 ◽  
Vol 78 (5) ◽  
pp. 489-501 ◽  
Author(s):  
Denise Burnette
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Public Policy ◽  
Inner City ◽  
Service Needs ◽  
Grandparents Raising Grandchildren ◽  
Contributing Factors ◽  
Direct Practice ◽  
Inner Cities ◽  
Grandparent Caregivers ◽  
Multigenerational Family

Increasingly, middle-aged and older adults are parenting grandchildren and other young kin in ‘skipped generation’ families. Changes in the multigenerational family structure, devastating social problems in our inner cities, notably the substance-abuse and HIV/AIDS epidemics of the 1980s, and public policy and ethnocultural norms that govern kin care are discussed as contributing factors to this phenomenon. Recent studies focusing on grandparent caregivers of color, as well as policy and programmatic responses to the rapid growth of this family configuration, are discussed. The author offers recommendations for assessing and building on existing strengths and addressing the service needs of grandparent caregivers and their families through direct practice and public policy.

Emerging Policy Issues for Psychology: A Key to the Future of the Profession

2010 ◽  
pp. 33-51 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patrick H. DeLeon ◽  
Mary Beth Kenkel ◽  
Jill M. Oliveira Gray ◽  
Morgan T. Sammons
Keyword(s):  
Public Policy ◽  
Interpersonal Relationships ◽  
Policy Process ◽  
Community Health Centers ◽  
Care Delivery ◽  
Psychological Services ◽  
Five Dimensions ◽  
Policy Issues ◽  
The Public ◽  
Health Legislation

Involvement in the public policy process is essential to the continued growth of the profession of psychology. The authors posit that five dimensions of involvement in the policy process are fundamental to ensuring the success of advocacy efforts: patience, persistence, the establishment of effective partnerships, emphasizing interpersonal relationships in the policy process, and the adoption of a long-term perspective. These key mediators are described in the context of current major public policy issues affecting psychology: mental health legislation in general, prescriptive authority, provision of psychological services in community health centers, expansion of the available treatments for autistic spectrum disorders, and recasting psychology as a primary health-care delivery profession. The authors suggest that policy makers will value the contributions of psychology only insofar as they are convinced of the profession’s ability to improve the public weal.

Care Falls Apart

2018 ◽  
pp. 176-200
Author(s):  
Elana D. Buch
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Older Adults ◽  
Public Policy ◽  
Home Care ◽  
Job Loss ◽  
Family Care ◽  
The United States ◽  
High Turnover ◽  
Care Workers

Across the United States, home care faces perpetual worker shortages and endemically high turnover levels estimated at between 60% and 90% per year. This chapter examines cases of turnover in rich ethnographic detail, arguing that the inability of agency and public policy to recognize the interdependence of older adults, workers, and their families contributes to this startling statistic. In observed cases of turnover; job loss stemmed from workers’ inabilities to sustain both their own households and those of their older adults without blurring the boundaries between them. Workers lost jobs because of conflicts with family care and because they engaged in unsanctioned reciprocities with clients. Current attempts to protect vulnerable older adults from possible exploitation actually exacerbate the exploitation of care workers and increase instability in home care.

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