What knowledge, skills, and values can you identify that are crucial in developing your critical gerontological practice?
Ageing, Demographic and Social Policy Context
- Discuss ageing as a social construct. Give one example to justify how it is a social construct. (Word count 150)
- List key policies relevant to work with older people and choose one to briefly describe the implications of a chosen policy for social work practice with older people. (Word count 150)
- Discuss patterns and trends in demographic ageing and explain how structural functionalism explains demographic ageing. What might be its implication for social work practice? (Word count 200)
- What knowledge, skills, and values can you identify that are crucial in developing your critical gerontological practice? (Word count 250)
- Explain the social model/perspectives contrary to the biomedical model to understand disability in older people. How does this perspective inform social workers’ practice? Give examples. (Word count 250)
