Interprofessional Collaboration to Address Social Isolation and Facilitate Intergenerational Service Learning within Graduate Education
This article presents an interdisciplinary collaboration to address the needs of older adults at risk of social isolation exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. An intergenerational service-learning program developed by the Pennsylvania Department of Aging was offered to several universities across t...
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Veröffentlicht in: | Journal of Community Engagement and Higher Education 2023, Vol.15 (1), p.14 |
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Zusammenfassung: | This article presents an interdisciplinary collaboration to address the needs of older adults at risk of social isolation exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. An intergenerational service-learning program developed by the Pennsylvania Department of Aging was offered to several universities across the state of Pennsylvania. The authors share their experience and lessons learned from pairing older adults with graduate students studying in the fields of Gerontology, Public Health, and Social Work. |
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