Document Type
Article
Publication Date
3-20-1991
College/Unit
Eberly College of Arts and Sciences
Department/Program/Center
Social Work
Abstract
This paper includes a review of the evolution of social planning in the context of human services. It also includes an elaboration of nine approaches to social planning for aging services: community planning councils, the aging network, Title XX planning, state health planning, service reorganization initiatives, the national network of policy institutes, long-term care planning and housing planning. The paper concludes with a consideration of social planning technology, including needs assessment, resource analysis, comparison of alternatives, determination of priorities, implementation and evaluation. It concludes that social planning has been a primary tool in the long-term development of new institutions and practices brought about by the unprecendented increases in the size of the aged population.
Digital Commons Citation
Lohmann, Roger A., "Social Planning and the Problems of Old Age" (1991). Faculty & Staff Scholarship. 2567.
https://researchrepository.wvu.edu/faculty_publications/2567
Source Citation
Part of this paper was presented at the Third International Symposium on Universal Values and Indigenous Cultures, Morgantown WV. March 20, 1991.
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