Striving to complete working days and care for families at the same time can be overwhelming. However, caring for mom or dad effected by dementia continues to be a heightened concern for many working families. Generally, it is family, frequently women family members, who will either search for needed help intended for their loved one or will ultimately become the caretaker. Fortunately, the Duke Center for the Study of Aging has an elder care consultation service department on campus. This department helps employees in finding the care and support for their loved ones who have Alzheimer’s or associated dementias while they are at work. To help support employees, Duke employs two full time social workers to fulfill the needed information
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Geriatric and treatment center added 1974.
3. Develops service needs for the elderly at Duke.
a. Multidisciplinary training.
b. Adaptive resources offered for life transitions concerning employees and their families.
4. Offers technical assistance for caregivers of individuals with advanced Alzheimer’s disease.
V. Appraisal: The article relates closely to gerontology and multidisciplinary fields of aging.
a. Construction: Offers explanations as well as scenarios concerning difficulty in finding help for family members of employees.
1. Alzheimer’s
2. Related Dementias.
3. Services for elder care in general are also offered.
b. Content: Gives information on Duke social workers support.
1. Social workers run four community based, weekly and monthly, support groups, not related to Duke.
a. Helps to offer non biased up to date information.
b. Keeps networking ongoing for support of needed services.
c. Offers education to employees and family concerning Alzheimer’s and related dementias up to date.
d. Validated: Trustworthy and well researched information.
1. Research within Duke University Center for Aging is oldest in the United States (Gwyther, L., et al, p.105, 2013).
2. Helps employee’s main concern; care transition for loved …show more content…
Through continuing research, concerning the needs older adults as they age.
b. Acknowledges family as a large part of older adults needs no matter the aging issue.
c. Continues to use only evidenced based research for information offered through this program.
d. Relates to gerontology’s practices.
1. Offers person centered care for family member of employee.
2. Offers multidisciplinary training to faculty/employees.
3. Helps family members needs with consultations for care.
a. Meeting employee and/or family member where they are.
VII. The information from the article is invaluable to a gerontologist.
a. Realizing a need for making it easier to be where the client or family member is located for initial consultations.
b. By offering to be where they are rather than having them come to you is a great learning tool.
1. Promotes person centered care.
2. Great program to offer to many businesses with sandwich generation employees.
3. Keeps gerontologist connected to social workers.
a. Each can be of great service to client and their families.
1. Through knowledge of how the social system works.
2. How to approach the individual needs of family member of employee.
3. Hones research of new innovative ways to help employees and family
Geriatric and treatment center added 1974.
3. Develops service needs for the elderly at Duke.
a. Multidisciplinary training.
b. Adaptive resources offered for life transitions concerning employees and their families.
4. Offers technical assistance for caregivers of individuals with advanced Alzheimer’s disease.
V. Appraisal: The article relates closely to gerontology and multidisciplinary fields of aging.
a. Construction: Offers explanations as well as scenarios concerning difficulty in finding help for family members of employees.
1. Alzheimer’s
2. Related Dementias.
3. Services for elder care in general are also offered.
b. Content: Gives information on Duke social workers support.
1. Social workers run four community based, weekly and monthly, support groups, not related to Duke.
a. Helps to offer non biased up to date information.
b. Keeps networking ongoing for support of needed services.
c. Offers education to employees and family concerning Alzheimer’s and related dementias up to date.
d. Validated: Trustworthy and well researched information.
1. Research within Duke University Center for Aging is oldest in the United States (Gwyther, L., et al, p.105, 2013).
2. Helps employee’s main concern; care transition for loved …show more content…
Through continuing research, concerning the needs older adults as they age.
b. Acknowledges family as a large part of older adults needs no matter the aging issue.
c. Continues to use only evidenced based research for information offered through this program.
d. Relates to gerontology’s practices.
1. Offers person centered care for family member of employee.
2. Offers multidisciplinary training to faculty/employees.
3. Helps family members needs with consultations for care.
a. Meeting employee and/or family member where they are.
VII. The information from the article is invaluable to a gerontologist.
a. Realizing a need for making it easier to be where the client or family member is located for initial consultations.
b. By offering to be where they are rather than having them come to you is a great learning tool.
1. Promotes person centered care.
2. Great program to offer to many businesses with sandwich generation employees.
3. Keeps gerontologist connected to social workers.
a. Each can be of great service to client and their families.
1. Through knowledge of how the social system works.
2. How to approach the individual needs of family member of employee.
3. Hones research of new innovative ways to help employees and family