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Gerontological social work practice : issues, challenges, and potential

London ; Routledge, 2013.

What are the challenges facing gerontological social workers-today and in the near future? This book gives you an essential overview of the role, status, and potential of gerontological social work in aging societies around the world. Drawing on the expertise of leaders in the field, it identifies key policy and practice issues and suggests directions for the future. Here you'll find important perspectives on home health care, mental health, elder abuse, older workers' issues, and death and dying, as well as an examination of the policy and practice issues of utmost concern to social w

Bibliographic Information

Format: eBook
Subject: Social work with older people
Publication Year:2001
Language:English
Published:London ; Routledge, 2013.
ISBN:9781315808840
1315808846
9781317787754
1317787757
9781317787761
1317787765
1-315-80884-6
1-317-78775-7
1-317-78776-5
Notes:"Co-published simultaneously as Journal of gerontological social work, volume 36, numbers 3/4 2002."
First published 2001 by the Haworth Press, Inc.
Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Content; Preface; Towards a New Era in Aging and Social Work; Multiculturalism, Social Policy and the New Aging; Gerontological Social Work Practice: A Canadian Perspective; Challenges and Issues Under Long-Term Care Insurance for the Elderly in Japan; Gerontological Social Work Research: Current Status and Future Directions; Demographics and Reality: The ""Disconnect"" in Social Work Education; Mental Health Services Policy and the Aging
Social Work with Older Adults in Health Care and Residential Settings in the New Millennium: A Return to the PastChallenges in Elder Mistreatment Programs and Policy; Gerontological Social Work with Older African American Adults; Older Workers' Issues and Social Work Practice; Changing the Paradigm: Strengths-Based and Empowerment-Oriented Social Work with Frail Elders; Death and Dying and the Social Work Role; Index
English
Description based on print version record.
Course: SW340