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Title Black aged : understanding diversity and service needs / Zev Harel, Edward A. McKinney, Michael Williams, editors.

Publication Info. Newbury Park, Calif. : Sage Publications, [1990]
©1990

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  305.26 B627B    Check Shelf
Description 264 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 23 cm.
Series Sage focus editions
Note Papers from the conference, Understanding and Serving the Black Aged, held in 1987 and sponsored primarily by the National Council on Aging and Cleveland State University in honor of Anna V. Brown.
"Published in cooperation with the National Council on the Aging, Inc."
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references.
Contents Diverse Black aged / E. Percil Stanford -- Family care, economics, and health / Wilbur H. Watson -- Health and social characteristics : implications for services / Harold R. Johnson, Rose C. Gibson, and Irene Luckey -- Social integration / Linda M. Chatters and Robert Joseph Taylor -- Diversity among aged Black males / Cary S. Kart -- Understanding diversity of the urban Black aged : historical perspectives / Sharon E. Milligan -- African American elderly experiences with Title II : program assumptions and economic well-being / Michael Williams -- Targeting benefits for the Black elderly : the Older Americans Act / John H. Skinner -- Health care needs and services / Wornie L. Reed -- The health of the Black aged female / Mary McKinney Edmonds -- Diveristy in Black family caregiving / Charles M. Barresi and Geeta Menon -- Clinical social work practice with Black elderly and their family caregivers / Cheryl Stewart Gerace and Linda S. Noelker.
Summary Increasingly we understand that no ethnic community is monolithic but shows a great degree of diversity in demographics, class and socio-economic status. This volume demonstrates this in its focus on the black ageing community, showing how these diversities have enormous implications for social services, social programmes and social policy. In these twelve informative, incisive essays, the state of America's black aged is assessed and policies and programmes analyzed. The authors point to the importance of gearing services to a diverse group of elderly people. They also highlight how traditional racism and economic limitations impact on service needs and uses. Finally, they note the importance of family, church and other informal support networks in the black community as a substitute for or supplement to more formally-delivered services. Written by some of the best known scholars and professionals in the field of gerontology, the essays in this book will be required reading for all those delivering services to minority aged clients.
Form Also issued online.
Subject Older African Americans -- Services for -- Congresses.
Brown, Anna V., -1985 -- Congresses.
Brown, Anna V., -1985.
Black or African American -- United States -- Congresses.
Aged -- United States -- Congresses.
Health Policy -- United States -- Congresses.
Health Services Needs and Demand -- United States -- Congresses.
Added Author Harel, Zev.
McKinney, Edward A.
Williams, Michael, 1952 May 11-
National Council on the Aging.
Cleveland State University.
Other Form: Online version: Black aged. Newbury Park, Calif. : Sage Publications, c1990 (OCoLC)556349470
ISBN 0803938365
9780803938366
0803938373 paperback
9780803938373 paperback
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