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dc.contributor.authorRichards, S-
dc.contributor.authorSullivan, MP-
dc.contributor.authorTanner, D-
dc.contributor.authorBeech, C-
dc.contributor.authorMilne, A-
dc.contributor.authorRay, M-
dc.contributor.authorPhillips, J-
dc.contributor.authorLloyd, L-
dc.date.accessioned2014-09-08T15:27:48Z-
dc.date.available2014-09-08T15:27:48Z-
dc.date.issued2013-
dc.identifier.citationThe British Journal of Social Work, Online First, 2013en_US
dc.identifier.issn1468-263X-
dc.identifier.urihttp://bjsw.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/2013/05/09/bjsw.bct082en
dc.identifier.urihttp://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/9020-
dc.descriptionThis article is available open access through the publisher’s website. Copyright @ 2013 The Authors.en_US
dc.description.abstractThis article explores the readiness of gerontological social work in the UK for meeting the challenges of an ageing society by investigating the focus on work with older people in social work education and the scope of gerontological social work research. The discussion draws on findings from two exploratory studies: a survey of qualifying master's programmes in England and a survey of the content relating to older people over a six-year period in four leading UK social work journals. The evidence from master's programmes suggests widespread neglect of ageing in teaching content and practice learning. Social work journals present a more nuanced picture. Older people emerge within coverage of generic policy issues for adults, such as personalisation and safeguarding, and there is good evidence of the complexity of need in late life. However, there is little attention to effective social work interventions, with an increasingly diverse older population, or to the quality of gerontological social work education. The case is made for infusing content on older people throughout the social work curriculum, for extending practice learning opportunities in social work with older people and for increasing the volume and reporting of gerontological social work research.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipBrunel Institute for Ageing Studiesen_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherOxford University Pressen_US
dc.subjectAgeing and older peopleen_US
dc.subjectGerontological social work researchen_US
dc.subjectGerontological social work educationen_US
dc.titleOn the edge of a new frontier: Is gerontological social work in the UK ready to meet twenty-first-century challenges?en_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1093/bjsw/bct082-
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