| Description |
560 pages ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
Section I: Direct practice elements -- An overview of social work practice with the elderly / Marvin D. Feit and Nuria M. Cuevas-Feit -- What is unique about social work practice with the elderly? / D. Ann Holosko and Michale J. Holosko -- Conducting psychosocial assessments with the elderly / Susan Watt and Ahuva Soifer -- Selected problems in counselling the elderly / Susan Birnie-Marino -- Medication utilization problems among the elderly: implications for social work practice / Vincent J. Giannetti -- Social polices that influence practice with the elderly / Donald R. Leslie and Michael J. Holosko -- Identifying the elderly alcoholic: a niche for gerontological social work practice / Michael J. Holosko and Melanie Gallant -- Case management practice with the elderly / Carol D. Austin and Robert W. McClelland -- Social work practice with sensory impairments: hearing, taste, touch, smell, and vision loss / Donald R. Leslie and M. Kaye Leslie -- Abuse and neglect of the elderly person / Jacqueline F. L. Bobyk-Krumins and Michael J. Holosko -- HIV/AIDS and the elderly: implications for social work practice / Natalie St. John and Michael J. Holosko -- Social work practice with rural elderly / Patricia MacKenzie -- Retirement: prepration, planning, and participation / Laura Taylor and Michael J. Holosko -- Facilitating a goodness-of-fit between older volunteers and their communities / Judith A. Wheeler -- Section II: Selected practice settings -- Social work practice with institutionalized frail elderly / Ron Martyn and Len Fabiano -- Social work practice in nursing homes / Lisa S. Patchner and Michael A. Patchner -- Social work practice in geriatric assessment units in adult daycare / Patricia MacKenzie -- Social work practice with the elderly in an integrated adult day centre program / Fran Kleiner, Rhoda Kopstein, Joyce Lagunoff, and Sorele Urman -- Social work practice with family caregivers of frail older persons / Ronald W. Toseland, Tamara L. Smith, and Michele Zinoman -- Social work practice with the rural elderly with mental retardation / Barbara A. Dicks and Vincent J. Venturini -- Social work practice in a private retirement community / Virginia L. Fitch, Lee R. Slivinske, and Sally Nichols -- Social work practice with geriatric patients in a rehabiliation hospital / Virginia L. Fitch, Lee R. Slivinske, Janice Green, and Debra Hinkson -- Assisted living, social work practice, and the elderly / Elaine T. Jurkowski, Margery Kemp, and Susan Patterson -- Social work practice in community psychogeriatric programs / Darlene H. Kindiak, Jane L. Grieve, Glen E. Randall, and Victoria A. Madsen -- Section III: Future Considerations -- Gerontological social work practice in 2005 and beyond / Michael J. Holosko, Linda J. White, and Marvin D. Feit |
| Summary |
"This third edition of Social Work Practice with the Elderly describes significant practice issues and current challenges facing gerontological social workers, who are working with the fastest growing demographic cohort in North America. Practitioners provide current accounts and case examples from their work in a variety of settings. The material includes both micro and macro practice, and offers a focus on advanced specialty practice while also providing an advanced generalist model." "All the chapters have been re-written and made current by the inclusion of related additional readings and websites. Six new chapters have been added." "This book will be useful for any social work student at the undergraduate or graduate level. It will also be a valuable resource for those in other helping professions who work side by side with social workers in this field: nurses, physiotherapists, music and art therapists, psychologists, physicians, recreational therapists, speech and language therapists, and clergy, for example."--BOOK JACKET |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Subject |
Social work with older people.
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| Author |
Feit, Marvin D.
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Holosko, Michael J.
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| ISBN |
1551302330 paperback |
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