Full Description
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!
Contents
Preface
Towards a New Era in Aging and Social Work
Multiculturalism, Social Policy and the New Aging
Gerontological Social Work Practice: A Canadian Perspective
Challenges and Issues Under Long-Term Care Insurance for the Elderly in Japan
Gerontological Social Work Research: Current Status and Future Directions
Demographics and Reality: The "Disconnect" in Social Work Education
Mental Health Services Policy and the Aging
Social Work with Older Adults in Health Care and Residential Settings in the New Millennium: A Return to the Past
Challenges in Elder Mistreatment Programs and Policy
Gerontological Social Work with Older African American Adults
Older Workers' Issues and Social Work Practice
Changing the Paradigm: Strengths-Based and Empowerment-Oriented Social Work with Frail Elders
Death and Dying and the Social Work Role
Index
Reference Notes Included
