Social Work and Health Care in an Aging Society : Education, Policy, Practice, and Research
ISBN: 9780826115430 | 0826115438
Edition: 1stFormat: Hardcover
Publisher: Lightning Source Inc
Pub. Date: 6/1/2003
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Columbia Univ., New York City, NY. Text discusses significant issues related to health, mental health, and well-being of older adults and their caregivers with the context of social work delivery. Presents the research of social work scholars clarifying the value social work brings to the realm of health care for older adults and their families. For social workers.
| Contributors | ix | ||
| Acknowledgments | xi | ||
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 1 | (14) | |
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| Chapter 2 Late-Life Depression in Nursing Home Residents: Social... MORE | 15 | (34) | |
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| Chapter 3 Older Adults with Dementia: Community-Based Long-Term Care Alternatives | 49 | (24) | |
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| Chapter 4 The Older Patient at Home: Social Work Services and Home Health Care | 73 | (24) | |
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| Chapter 5 Gerontological Social Work and Case Management | 97 | (26) | |
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| Chapter 6 Self-Health Care by Urban, African American Elders | 123 | (26) | |
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| Chapter 7 Physical Health and Economic Well-Being of Older African American Women: Toward Strategies of Empowerment | 149 | (28) | |
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| Chapter 8 Grandparents Raising Grandchildren | 177 | (24) | |
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| Chapter 9 Aging Persons with Developmental Disabilities and Their Caregivers | 201 | (26) | |
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| Chapter 10 Strains and Gains of Grandmothers Raising Grandchildren in the HIV Pandemic | 227 | (42) | |
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| Chapter 11 Elder Mistreatment and the Role of Social Work 245 | |||
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| Chapter 12 Standardized Geriatric Assessment in Social Work Practice with Older Adults | 269 | (28) | |
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| Chapter 13 Cultural Considerations in Health Care and Quality of Life | 297 | (22) | |
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| Chapter 14 Centrality of Social Ties to the Health and Well-Being of Older Adults | 319 | (32) | |
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| Chapter 15 Home and Community-Based Long-Term Care Policies and Programs: The Crucial Role for Social Work Practitioners and Researchers in Evaluation | 351 | (26) | |
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| Chapter 16 Meeting the Challenges of Social Work Practice in Health Care and Aging in the 21st Century | 377 | (16) | |
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| Appendix | 393 | (4) | |
| Index | 397 |
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