ABSTRACT
The inclusion of content on aging in the curricula of career education in the human services becomes increasingly imperative, if we accept the premise, based on a demographic prediction of population trends, that practically all workers being educated today for the human services will spend some part of their careers in practice with or in behalf of older adults. An increasing proportion of workers will specialize in the field of aging, in developing or working in new service areas directly related to older adults. Career education in this chapter refers to the preparation of nurses, adult educators, primary and secondary teachers, medical doctors, dentists, public administrators, librarians, social workers, lawyers, occupational therapists, recreation workers, clergy, planners and architects, public health administrators, business administrators, and others who work directly for or in behalf of the human services.
