Global Utilities

Welcome to La Trobe University Health Sciences
         


Faculty Home
Social Work Home
Staff
Social Work (Albury/Wodonga)
Social Work (Bendigo)
Social Work (Mildura)
What's New
Courses
Research
Field Education Program
Current Students
Prospective Students



School of Social Work and Social Policy

John McCormack

Lecturer

Year Coordinator - BSW 3
   
Room: 503
Building: Health Sciences 2
Phone: (03) 9479 5734
Email: j.mccormack@latrobe.edu.au
   
Subject/s Coordinated: SWP2DLC (Development Across the Life Course in Social Contexts)
What's New:  
Research: The Australian Centenarian Study

Qualifications 

BEc, La Trobe University; BSW, MSW, University of Melbourne; MSc, Columbia University; PhD, University of Melbourne

Research Interests

Policy and programs in aged services; centenarians and supercentenarian research; gerontological social work research.

Publications

McCormack J, Borowski, A & Hudson, R., (2008), Voting and Older Australians – Exploring the Grey Vote in Australia, Journal of Aging and Social Policy, Vol 20 No4, pp458-473

McCormack, J, (2008) Being very old in a young country: Supercentenarians in Australia. Book chapter to Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Germany.

McCormack, J., (2008) Educating Social Workers for the Demographic Imperative, Australian Health Review, Vol 32, No3, pp400-405

McCormack, J., (2008) The Longevity Revolution in Australia, The Art of healing, Vol x, Nox, ppxx-xx

Findlay, M., & McCormack, J., (2007) Globalization and Social Work Education and Practice: Exploring Australian Practitioners’ Views, International Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare, Vol 35, No2, pp123-142

McCormack J (2007), Making the most of it: Living to age 100 years in Australia, in Carmel, S, Morse, C & Torres-Gil, F (Eds) The Art of Ageing Well: Lessons from Three Nations - Israel, USA & Australia, pp 55-68, Baywood Publishing New York.

Ryan, M., McCormack, J., & Cleak, H., (2006) Predicting Student Performance in Field Education: The Findings of a Six Year Australian Study, Journal of Social Work Educations, Vol 42, No 1, pp67-84

McCormack, J. (2004) 'The emergence of centenarians and supercentenarians in Australia' Geriatrics and Gerontology International, vol 4, pp 178-9.

McCormack, J. (2003) 'Older people and gambling' Australasian Journal on Ageing, vol 23.

McCormack, J. (2002) 'Exploring quality of life with centenarians and supercentenarians', Proceedings of 3rd Quality of Life Conference Australia, vol 3, no 3.

McCormack, J. (2002) 'Acute hospitals and older people in Australia', Ageing and Society, vol 21, no 6, pp 23-27.

McCormack, J. and Johnson, B. (2002) 'The production of welfare in a post-Fordist welfare state?, Journal of Australian Association of Social Work and Education, vol 4, no 1, pp 34-45.




Content Approved by: Head of School
Page maintained by: Web Administrator

Last Updated:May 1, 2002