SPRING 2001
Who Will Care for Older People: Workforce Issues in a Changing Society

 

Our Guest Editor Linda S. Noelker Introduction: The Nature and Scope of a Complex Problem This issue is an alert and a call for action. By Linda S. Noelker The Impact of Sociodemographic Change on the Future of Long-Term Care Striking effects on both supply and demand. By Lisa Alecxih Policy Perspectives on Workforce Issues and Older People Solutions for persistent problems. By James J. Callahan, Jr. Current Concerns and Future Challenges The Impact of Financing on Workforce Recruitment and Retention What is the public sector willing to pay? By Francis G. Caro and K. R. Kaffenberger Direct-Care Healthcare Workers: You Get What You Pay For An unnecessary crisis? By Steven L. Dawson and Rick Surpin The Role of Older Workers in Caring for Older People in the Future One way to meet the projected shortage. By Sara E. Rix Achieving Cultural Competence: The Challenge for Clients and Healthcare Workers in a Multicultural Society Good intentions are not enough. By Bette Bonder, Laura Martin, and Andrew Miracle The Potential of Technology to Ease the Care Provider's Burden Assistive devices can render caregiving physically and emotionally easier. By William C. Mann

Research on Frontline Workers in Long-Term Care Job performance, retention, quality of care. By Robyn I. Stone The Potential of Older Volunteers in Long-Term Care A challenge to traditional ways of thinking. By Estina Thompson and Laura Wilson The Effects of Changing Values on the Provision of Long-Term Care A more "individualist" era? By Charles F. Longino, Jr., and Larry Polivka Services and Providers Social Work's Response to the Growing Older Population The importance of basic competence in aging. By Anita L. Rosen and Joan Levy Zlotnik Geriatric Nurse Practitioners: Vital to the Future of Healthcare for Elders Preparing for expanding responsibilities in a variety of settings. By Terry Fulmer, Ellen Flaherty, and Leslie Medley Allied Health Workers and Care for Frail Elders in the Twenty-First Century Growing demand, but reduced funding, for services that emphasize improved function and quality of life. By Bette R. Bonder Geriatric Medicine: An Approaching Crisis The current situation borders on medical neglect. By Patricia Lanoie Blanchette and Bret Flynn Conclusions and Implications The Backbone of the Long-Term-Care Workforce Informal and paraprofessional caregivers must be the focus of reform. By Linda S. Noelker Books A review by Martha Holstein

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