The Changing Focus in Geriatric Care; the Role of the Social Worker in Rehabilitation, Restoration, Return to Community


 

Publication Date: December 1974

Publisher: Jewish Communal Service Association of North America

Author(s): Sidney Feinberg

Research Area: Health

Keywords: Institutional Care; Elderly; Jewish Organizations

Type: Report

Coverage: New York

Abstract:

The author describes the shift in his agency (The Jewish Institute for Geriatric Care in New Hyde Park, NY) from the traditional model of elder care to a new model. While the old model focused on providing a nurturing "cocoon" within the institution in which the elders lived out the rest of their lives, the new model favors three R's -- rehabilitation, restoration and return to community. The author details his agency's process in pursuit of these goals.