Primary Education Topic:
Healthcare & Aging
Other Education Topics:
Aging in Community
Health & Wellness
Leadership in Aging
The world of healthcare is slowly acknowledging what community-based social service workers have known for decades—health happens at home.
By Terry Fulmer and Nora OBrien-Suric
The world of healthcare is slowly acknowledging what community-based social service workers have known for decades—health happens at home. Helping to maintain and sustain older adults’ highest possible level of functioning and the best quality of life has been the undertaking of community-based services. Yet, the medical world has little knowledge of the array of services that can and should be provided, which would not only complement medical care, but could help to improve it.