Guardianship of Frail Elders: Student-Supported Process for Legislative Change

Guardianship of Frail Elders: Student-Supported Process for Legislative Change

Legislative change, ethical dilemmas, and client management issues were all faced by social work students in a recent effort to impact guardianship in the State of Texas. Since the mid-1990s, Texas had been without a statewide system to provide guardianship services. In 2004 a group of social work s...

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Published in:Educational gerontology Vol. 35; no. 7; pp. 596 - 609
Main Authors: Ellor, James W., Harris, Helen Wilson, Myers, Dennis R., Russell, Inez
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 02-06-2009
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Subjects:
Caregivers
Courts
Ethics
Judges
Law Students
Legislation
Older Adults
Services
Social Problems
Social Work
Student Participation
Texas
Texas
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Summary:Legislative change, ethical dilemmas, and client management issues were all faced by social work students in a recent effort to impact guardianship in the State of Texas. Since the mid-1990s, Texas had been without a statewide system to provide guardianship services. In 2004 a group of social work students, law students, faculty, guardianship professionals, and judges from across Texas came together to create new laws and solve the significant gaps in services. Guardianship is at once a legal and social issue. It is mandated by the courts but generally managed by social workers. In this paper, the authors offer a model for student involvement that both changed the laws in this state and offers significant hands-on education in both research and community organization.
ISSN:0360-1277
1521-0472
DOI:10.1080/03601270802664165