Guide to Learning About Careers in Aging
A tutorial from the IOA Information Center
Contents:
About this Guide
Career Guides/Descriptions
Online Job Databases, Lists and Clearinghouses
Subject Headings for Searching Library Catalogs
Recently Published Reference Books
Recent Journal Articles
About this Guide
This guide is intended to help students, or potential students, find resources about careers and jobs in aging, geriatrics and gerontology fields. It is primarily targeted at college level students. It emphasizes resources available online, but also includes print resources. It does not include general job/employment resources.
Career Guides/Descriptions
Aging Internet Information Notes: Careers in Aging
http://www.aoa.gov/prof/notes/notes_careers_aging.asp
Careers in Aging: Consider the Possibilities
http://www.careersinaging.com/careersinaging/
This excellent and extensive section of the Association for Gerontology in Higher Education (AGHE) web site covers the following
questions:
What are Gerontology and Geriatrics? Why Study Aging?
What Jobs and Careers are Available? How Do You Become a Professional in Aging?
Careers in Aging: Get ready for the Future
http://www.med.unc.edu/aging/kidscareers/
Social Work and Aging
http://depts.washington.edu/geroctr/Resources4/sub4_4_3SWAgingCareerBroch.html
Presented by the National Center for Gerontological Social Work Education, this web site provides information about accredited educational programs and career opportunities in gerontological social work.
What is a Geriatric Care Manager?
http://www.caremanager.org/displaycommon.cfm?an=1&subarticlenbr=39
Why Geriatrics as a Career Choice?
http://www.americangeriatrics.org/education/geristudents/whygeriatrics4.pdf
Also see:
Scholarships and Research Awards Available to Students Interested in Geriatrics
http://www.americangeriatrics.org/education/geristudents/Scholarships_Awards/index.shtml
Online Job Databases, Lists and Clearinghouses
AgeWork.com ... Your Key to Jobs in Aging
http://www.agework.com/agework/
An aging career center sponsored by the Gerontological Society of America.
American Association of Homes and Services for the Aging - "Job
Mart"
http://www.aahsa.org/careers/job_mart/available.asp
American Geriatrics Society Career Connection
http://www.healthecareers.com/site_templates/AGS/index.asp?aff=AGS&SPLD=AGS
American Occupational Therapy Association - "OTJobLink"
http://aota.otjoblink.org/search.cfm?
Allows searching by categories (such as 'geriatrics'), skill level, and location.
American Society on Aging - "ASA Job Board"
http://www.asaging.org/jobs/findjobs.cfm?do=getjobs
Caregiver Jobs Clearinghouse
http://www.carecareers.net/
The goal of this web site is "to provide displaced workers with rewarding
career opportunities in the long-term care profession." It allows searching by location, keyword, job category, and employer name and also permits job seekers to post their resumes. Sponsored
by the American Association of Homes and Services for the Aging and the
American Health Care Association.
National Association of Social Workers - "NASWJobLink"
https://www.socialworkers.org/joblinks/default.asp
National Council on Aging
http://www.ncoa.org/content.cfm?sectionID=206
Contains job listings and allows job seekers to post their resumes at no charge.
Subject Headings for Searching Library Catalogs
Try combining career choice (a MeSH or medical subject heading) or vocational guidance (a LC or Library of Congress subject heading) with one or more of the following: gerontology; geriatrics; aging, to find books and documents.
Recently Published Reference Books
Morkes, Andrew. (2003). Encyclopedia of careers and vocational guidance, 12th ed. Chicago, IL: Ferguson Publishing Company.
Stanfield, Peggy H. (2002). Introduction to the health professions. Sudbury, MA: Jones and Bartlett Publishers.
Williams, Ellen. (2003). Opportunities in gerontology and aging services careers. Lincolnwood, IL: VGM Career Horizons.
Recent Journal Articles
Alford, Cynthia L.; Miles, Toni; Palmer, Ray; Espino, David. (2001). Introduction to geriatrics for first-year medical students. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 49 (6): 782-787.
Bennett, Jeanne Moore; Sneed, Jeannie. (1999). Practice competencies for entry-level professionals in the field of aging. Educational Gerontology 25 (4): 305-315.
Berenbaum, Rakel. (2000). Motivating students in the helping professions to work with the aged. Educational Gerontology 26 (1): 83-95.
Everard, Kelly M.; Teaster, Pamela B.; Dugan, Elizabeth. (2000). Surviving your graduate gerontology education and entering the job market. Educational Gerontology 26 (3): 285-299.
Gaugler, Joseph E. (2004). On the tenure track in gerontology: I wish I had known then what I know now. Educational Gerontology 30 (6): 517-536.
Gilford, Rosalie; Gibson, Lori; Newton, Rae. (2005). Gerontology required core courses and gerontology academic program success. Gerontology and Geriatrics Education 25 (3): 31-48.
Kosberg, Jordan I. (1999). Opportunities for social workers in an aging world. Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare 26 (1): 7-24.
Lillis, Maureen; Mackin, Karen. (2001). New navigators: geriatric care managers forge paths for clients. Caring 20 (4): 28-29.
Rosen, Anita L.; Zlotnik, Joan Levy. (2001). Social work's response to the growing older population. Generations 25 (1): 69-71.
Takamura, Jeanette C. (2001). Towards a new era in aging and social work. Journal of Gerontological Social Work 36 (3/4): 1-11.
Turner, K. Whisnant. (2002). Doctoral programs in gerontology: where they are and what they produce. Educational Gerontology 28 (2): 163-167.
Wesley, Susan C. (2006). Enticing students to careers in gerontology: faculty and student perspectives. Gerontology and Geriatrics Education 25 (3): 13-29.
