NEW YORK: An educational institute wants an older people specialist option to be offered on social work degrees to improve social work for seniors.
The institute wants to see research evidence inform the way social work for older people is carried out in practise and progress made in the future by placing the experiences of older people at the centre of ongoing improvements to social work.
“Our paper sets out our initial thoughts on what needs to be done, but we want the views of the people that count, so we can agree on the capabilities and conditions needed to provide excellent social work for older people,” said…