Intergenerational approaches in aging Book

Contents Preface

• Introduction
• Section I. Defining the Intergenerational Field
• Intergenerational Studies: A Multidisciplinary Field
• Intergenerational Studies Growing Pains: The Quest for Identity amd implications for Practice
• Section II. Grandparent Caregiving
• Becoming Parents Again: Grandparents Raising Grandchildren
• An Innovative School-Based Intergenerational Model to Serve Grandparent Caregivers
• Grandparent Caregivers: Legal and Economic Issues
• Section III. Intergenerational Education
• Generations Learning Together
• Learning by Sharing: An Intergenerational College Course
• The Integration of Pro-Active Aging Education into Existing Educational Curricula
• Section IV. Intergenerational Program Models
• A Case Study of Intergenerational Relations Through Dance with Profoundly Deaf Individuals
• Intergenerational Mentoring: A Viable Strategy of Meeting the Needs of Vulnerable Youth
• Rememberers and Remembrances: Fostering Connections with Intergenerational Interviewing
• Sore Tongues and Stiff Necks—Problem Solving Through a Grandparent Discussion/Support Group
• Why a Geriatric Center?
• Section V. Approaches to Evaluation
• Intergenerational Program Evaluation for the 1990s and Beyond
• Observational Research in Intergenerational Programming: Need and Opportunity
• Section VI. Community Building
• Intergenerational Programming: A Vehicle for Promoting Intra- and Cross-Cultural Understanding
• The Benefits of Intergenerational Community Service Projects: Implications for Promoting Intergenerational Unity, Community Activism, and Cultural Continuity
• Forming Intergenerational Program Networks
• Section VII. The Road Ahead
• Towards Civic Renewal: How Senior Citizens Could Save Civil Society
• Index