| Description |
xi, 408 pages ; 24 cm |
| Note |
Chapters are based on the research of the first 10 scholars in the Hartford Geriatric Social Work Faculty Scholars Program, administered by the Gerontological Society of America. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction / Barbara Berkman, Linda Krogh Harootyan -- Late-life depression in nursing home residents: social work opportunities to prevent, educate, and alleviate / Margaret E. Adamek -- Older adults with dementia: community-based long-term care alternatives / Jeanette Semke -- The older patient at home: social work services and home health care / Ji Seon Lee, Irene A. Gutheil -- Gerontological social work and case management / Matthias J. Naleppa -- Self-health care by urban, African American elders / Denise Burnette, Suk-Young Kang -- Physical health and economic well-being of older African American women: toward strategies of empowerment / Letha A. Chadiha, Portia Adams -- Grandparents raising grandchildren / Nancy P. Kropf, Scott Wilks -- Aging persons with developmental disabilities and their caregivers / Philip McCallion, Stacey R. Kolomer -- Strains and gains of grandmothers raising grandchildren in the HIV pandemic / Cynthia Cannon Poindexter, Nancy Capobianco Boyer -- Elder mistreatment and the role of social work / Gregory J. Paveza, Carla VandeWeerd -- Standardized geriatric assessment in social work practice with older adults / Scott Miyake Geron, Faith C. Little -- Cultural considerations in health care and quality of life / Peter Maramaldi, Marci Guevara -- Centrality of social ties to the health and well-being of older adults / James Lubben, Melanie Gironda -- Home and community-based long-term care policies and programs: the crucial role for social work practitioners and researchers in evaluation / Stephanie A. Robert -- Meeting the challenges of social work practice in health care and aging in the 21st century / Daniel S. Gardner, Bradley D. Zodikoff. |
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Social work with older people -- United States.
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Older people -- Services for -- United States.
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Medical social work -- United States.
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Older people -- Medical care -- United States.
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Older people -- Mental health services -- United States.
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Social work education -- United States.
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Older people -- Government policy -- United States.
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Health Services for the Aged -- United States.
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Aged -- United States.
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Health Policy -- United States.
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Social Work -- United States.
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| Added Author |
Berkman, Barbara.
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Harootyan, Linda K.
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| ISBN |
0826115438 |
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