Document Type
Article
Source Publication Title
Educational Gerontology
Abstract
Seasoned geriatric community health workers offered valuable data that will inform educators and community health workers working with older persons. Geriatric community health workers’ views about retirement and about facilitators and barriers that keep them engaged with older adults during retirement were identified. Twenty geriatric community health workers participated in semi-structured, qualitative interviews conducted by the research team. Sixty percent of the participants (N = 12) reported plans not to work during retirement, although 40% (N = 8) expressed interest in full- or part-time employment post-retirement. When asked about their expectations to stay in the field of aging or gerontology in some capacity during retirement, 30% (N = 6) expected to stay in gerontology during retirement. The findings from this research will help organizations and educational institutions create programs and resources that will encourage geriatric community health workers to continue working in the field of aging during retirement. [This is a post-print of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Educational Gerontology on January 03, 2020, available online: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/03601277.2019.1710043.]
Disciplines
Social and Behavioral Sciences | Social Work
Publication Date
1-3-2020
Language
English
License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-Share Alike 4.0 International License.
Recommended Citation
Lee, Kathy and Richardson, Virginia E., "Geriatric Community Health Workers’ Views about Aging, Work, and Retirement: Implications for Geriatrics and Gerontology Education" (2020). Social Work Faculty Publications & Presentations. 26.
https://mavmatrix.uta.edu/socialwork_facpubs/26