The Sense of Commitment in Serving Older Persons

Report to the President (December 16, 1963), President's Council on Aging, Washington, D.C., 1964.

See Pumphrey Muriel W. , The Teaching of Values and Ethics in Social Work Education, Social Work Curriculum Study, Vol. XIII, Council on Social Work Education, New York, 1959, p. 12.

Towle Charlotte , The Learner in Education for the Professions, University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 1954, p. 14.

“What Kinds of Families Come to Family Service Agencies?” Family Service Highlights, Vol. XXII, April 1961, p. 96.

Beck Dorothy Fahs , Patterns in Use of Family Agency Service, Family Service Association of America, New York, 1962, p. 21.

Wittman Milton , and Marie McNabola F. , “Major Trends of Support for Social Work Education under the National Institute of Mental Health Training Program,” Social Work Education, Vol. XI, December 1963–January 1964, pp. 1–4.

Butler Ruth M. , An Orientation to Knowledge of Human Growth and Behavior in Social Work Education, Social Work Curriculum Study, Vol. VI, Council on Social Work Education, New York, 1959, p. 15.

“Doctoral Dissertations in Social Work,” Social Service Review, Vol. XXXII, September 1958, pp. 303–310; ibid., Vol. XXXIII, September 1959, pp. 308–19; ibid., Vol. XXXIV, September 1960, pp. 349–57; ibid., Vol. XXXV, September 1961, pp. 322–36; ibid., Vol. XXXVI, September 1962, pp. 332–47; ibid., Vol. XXXVII, September 1963, pp. 340–56; Nelida A. Ferrari, Institutionalization and Attitude Change in an Aged Population: A Field Study in Dissonance Theory, Western Reserve University, Cleveland, 1962 (doctoral dissertation).

“Doctoral Dissertations in Social Work,” op. cit., Vol. XXXVII, September 1963, pp. 352–56; William D. Allen, “An Exploratory Study To Determine the Extent to Which Retired Persons Utilize Social Work Services” (doctoral dissertation in preparation, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio); Bani Chakraborty, “A Study of Factors Affecting Engagement of Aged Persons in Planning Their Living Arrangements” (doctoral dissertation in preparation, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia); Grace Chellam, “Disengagement Theory in Attitudes of Old People” (doctoral dissertation in preparation, Western Reserve University, Cleveland); Helen Turner, “Study of Living Arrangements in Later Life” (doctoral dissertation in preparation, Columbia University, New York); Winifred Walsh, “Grace Abbott in Retirement” (doctoral dissertation in preparation, University of Chicago).

See Wasser Edna (compiler), Selected Bibliography for Casework with Older Persons, Family Service Association of America, New York, 1963; and William Posner, “Casework with the Aged: Developments and Trends,” in Social Work Education for Better Services to the Aging, proceedings of a Seminar on Aging, Aspen, Colorado, September 8–13, 1958, Vol. II, Council on Social Work Education, New York, 1959, pp. 1–14.

See Social Work Education for Better Services to the Aging, op. cit.; Toward Better Understanding of the Aged, proceedings of a Seminar on Aging, Aspen, Colorado, September 8–13, 1958, Vol. I, Council on Social Work Education, New York, 1959; “Casework With the Aging,” proceedings of a seminar, Arden House, Harriman, New York, October 30–November 4, 1960, Social Casework, Vol. XLII, May–June 1961; Seminar on Protective Services for Older People, National Council on the Aging, New York, 1964.

Stern Karl , Smith Joan M. , and Frank Margit , “Mechanisms of Transference and Counter-Transference in Psychotherapeutic and Social Work with the Aged,” Journal of Gerontology, Vol. VIII, July 1953, p. 331.

Maxwell Jean M. , “Improving Social Work Services to Older People Through Education,” in Education for Social Work, proceedings of the Eleventh Annual Program Meeting of the Council on Social Work Education, Boston, Massachusetts, January 23–26, 1963, the Council, New York, 1963, p. 151.

Cloward Richard A. , “Social Class and Private Social Agencies,” in Education for Social Work, op. cit., p. 128.

Erikson Erik H. , Childhood and Society, W. W. Norton & Co., New York, 1950, pp. 219–34.

See The Expanding Theoretical Base of Casework, papers reprinted from Social Casework, 1958–64, Family Service Association of America, New York, 1964.

Blenkner Margaret , “Social Work and Family Relationships in Later Life with Some Thoughts on Filial Maturity,” a paper presented at a Symposium on the Family, Intergenerational Relationships; and Social Structure, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, November 5–6, 1963 (unpublished).