Today, nearly one of every eight Americans is 65 or older, and by
2030, over 20% of the population will be in this age group. Are you
prepared to work with this vastly diverseand rapidly
growingpopulation? This single source is designed to help social
service professionals provide effective services to America's
vastly diverse and rapidly growing elderly population. Diversity
and Aging in the Social Environment explores the impact of
race/ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, and geographic location
on elders' strengths, challenges, needs, and resources to provide
you with a more complete understanding of the issues elders face.
In order to be more responsive to older adults, social workers and
other human service professionals need to enhance their knowledge
of the aging population and the factors that impact the way seniors
interact with society, organizations, community resources,
neighborhoods, support networks, kinship groups, family, and
friends. Diversity and Aging in the Social Environment examines
differences in race, ethnicity, geographical location, sexual
orientation, religion, and health status to help current and future
human service professionals provide culturally competent services
to the diverse range of elderly people they serve. In addition, it
addresses the wide disparity that exists for older Americans in
terms of income and assets, number of chronic conditions,
functional and cognitive impairment, housing arrangements, and
access to health care. This book provides a context for the
examination of diversity issues among older adults by describing
and discussing several theoretical perspectives on aging that
highlight important aspects of diversity. Next, you'll find
thoughtful examinations of: issues and challenges faced by lesbian,
gay, bisexual, and transgender eldersand the strengths they bring
into later life the impact of gender, race, and sexual orientation
on prevalence rates, risk factors, methods of disease contraction,
and mortality rates among older adults with HIV/AIDSalong with a
discussion of the psychosocial issues they face diverse
characteristics of custodial grandparentsand the influence of the
caregivers' gender, race, age, and geographic location on methods
of care and available caregiver support differences in caregiver
characteristics, service utilization, caregiver strain, and coping
mechanisms among several racial/ethnic groups of adults who care
for elderly, disabled, and ill persons cultural/religious factors
that influence interactions between health care personnel and
Japanese-American elders the relationship between acculturation and
depressive symptoms among Mexican-American couples life challenges
facing Jewish and African-American elderswith a look at each
group's coping mechanisms differences in religious/spiritual coping
skills among Native American, African-American, and white elders
psychological well-being and religiosity among a diverse group of
rural elders
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