Prevention and Intervention With the Elderly: An Evaluation of a Friendship Club Program
Abstract
The problem of the elderly, and the social problem of the aged, are problems which seen to be increasing in size and intensity. Although we have many theoretical models which attempt to delineate the problem involved and possible intervention techniques, we do not have any conclusive evidence concerning the successfulness of various intervention techniques or programs aimed at the mobile, self sufficient elderly population. It appears that the bulk of what little research has been done on the elderly has been conducted in inpatient settings of one kind or another. These studies, for the most part, had no relevancy or applicability to this study, except for providing a little background on geriatric problems.The Friendship Club is a program for senior citizens which is sponsored by the Maimonides Medical Center, Community Mental Health Center, It is the Center's sole effort at prevention and intervention programs for the elderly. What follows is an evaluative study of this program. The study was designed to: 1) review and assess the program to discover its content and manifest goals; 2) determine to what extent these goals are being met; 3) determine through participant observation what the actual needs of the senior citizens are; 4) determine to what extent these needs are being met by the program; 5) determine any latent goals the program might have; 6) determine to what extent these latent goals are being met, and any other latent effects of the program; and 7) to make any recommendations for changes or revisions based on the findings.
Subject Area
Social work|Aging
Recommended Citation
Taylor, Steven L, "Prevention and Intervention With the Elderly: An Evaluation of a Friendship Club Program" (1971). ETD Collection for Fordham University. AAI31189702.
https://research.library.fordham.edu/dissertations/AAI31189702
