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Social work and health care in an aging society : education, policy, practice, and research / Barbara Berkman, editor ; Linda Harootyan, associate editor

Published
New York : Springer, [2003]
Copyright Date
©2003
Physical Description
1 online resource (xi, 408 pages)
Additional Creators
Berkman, Barbara and Harootyan, Linda K.
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Language Note
English.
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.
Summary
This book places significant issues related to the health, mental health, and well-being of older adults and their caregivers within the context of social work service delivery. By presenting the research of social work scholars, all experts in specific research areas, the editors clarify the value that social work brings to the larger realm of health care for older adults and their families. Special consideration is given to such issues as case management, urban, African-American elders, grandmothers raising grandchildren, aging persons with developmental disabilities, home health care, and m.
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ISBN
9780826197245 (electronic bk.)
0826197248 (electronic bk.)
1281806668
9781281806666
0826115438
9780826115430
9786611806668
6611806660
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Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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