The Aged: A Study of the Resident Population of the Brooklyn Hebrew Home and Hospital for the Aged, Coney Island Division, 1953-1965
Abstract
This study will attempt to probe beneath the physical structure of the home for the aged to the heart – the resident himself – to determine what his needs are, whether or not they are being met in this type of setting, and what can be done to implement the program in terms o£ providing other services or even of changing direction. The writer believes that this study is timely because of the burgeoning numbers of aged and the increasing need for adequate and appropriate housing in a setting in which they will be happy and functioning human beings. As social workers we have a commitment to reach out to this vulnerable group and help them reestablish contact with the "mainstream" of society. We must always keep in mind that our society is paying in many ways for the "disengagement" of the aged from the usual social relationships, not only in money, but also in terms of human waste, misery, and hopelessness. Remember, if only for selfish reasons, that today's youth is tomorrow's older person.
Subject Area
Social work|Aging|Gerontology
Recommended Citation
Levenson, Sol, "The Aged: A Study of the Resident Population of the Brooklyn Hebrew Home and Hospital for the Aged, Coney Island Division, 1953-1965" (1966). ETD Collection for Fordham University. AAI29281758.
https://research.library.fordham.edu/dissertations/AAI29281758
