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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 workers
dealing with the elderly. With Gerontological Social Work Practice:
Issues, Challenges, and Potential you'll explore: the differences
between real situations and what demographics lead one to expect
the need for social workers to focus on economic, political, and
social issues in order to promote positive change the long-term
care insurance issues facing elderly Japanese citizens a Canadian
perspective on social work practice with aging people practice
techniques to use with aging African Americans strengths-based and
empowerment-oriented ways to work with frail elderly the impact of
multiculturalism on social policy and much more
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 workers dealing with
the elderly.
With Gerontological Social Work Practice: Issues, Challenges, and
Potential you?ll explore: the differences between real situations
and what demographics lead one to expect the need for social
workers to focus on economic, political, and social issues in order
to promote positive change the long-term care insurance issues
facing elderly Japanese citizens a Canadian perspective on social
work practice with aging people practice techniques to use with
aging African Americans strengths-based and empowerment-oriented
ways to work with frail elderly the impact of multiculturalism on
social policy and much more!
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