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Group work and aging : issues in practice, research, and education / Robert Salmon, Roberta Graziano, editors

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Binghamton, NY : Haworth Social Work Practice Press, [2004]
Copyright Date
©2004
Physical Description
1 online resource (xix, 269 pages).
Additional Creators
Salmon, Robert, 1930- and Graziano, Roberta
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What's Different About Working with Older People in Groups? / Ronald W. Toseland, PhD, Victoria Rizzo, PhD -- An Examination of Group Work with Old Lesbians Struggling with a Lack of Intimacy by Using a Record of Service / Kris Drumm, MSW -- Sweethearts and Sourpusses: My Year with the Elderly / Sarah Stevenson, MSW Student -- The Sociocultural Reality of the Asian Immigrant Elderly: Implications for Group Work Practice / Irene Chung, PhD, CSW -- Residential Substance Abuse Treatment for Older Adults: An Enhanced Therapeutic Community Model / Frank Guida, PhD, Arnold Unterbach, MSW, John Tavolacci, MSW, Peter Provet, PhD -- Mutual Aid Groups for Older Persons with a Mental Illness / Timothy B. Kelly, PhD -- The Relationship Between Caregiver Support Groups and the Marker Framework of Caregiving / Helene Ebenstein, MSW -- Telephone Caregiver Support Groups / Tamara L. Smith, PhD (candidate), Ronald W. Toseland, PhD, Victoria M. Rizzo, PhD, Michele A. Zinoman, MSW, PhD (candidate) -- Elderly Parents of Adults with Severe Mental Illness: Group Work Interventions / Harriet Goodman, DSW -- Seniors, Small Fry, and Song: A Group Work Libretto of an Intergenerational Singing Group / Miriam Cusicanqui, MSW, Robert Salmon, DSW -- Using the End of Groups as an Intervention at End-of-Life -- Ann Goelitz, MSW, CSW -- Group Field Instruction: A Model for Supervising Graduate Students Providing Services to Older People / Barbara H. Rinehart, PhD, Roberta Graziano, DSW -- The Use of a Mutual Aid Group with Home Attendants / Sister Maria Theresa Amato, OP, MSW -- Remembering With and Without Awareness Through Poetry to Better Understand Aging and Disability / Andrew Malekoff, MSW.
Summary
Get a wealth of information about the theory and practice of social work with older adults, their families, and their caregivers!Although there is a considerable amount of writing on both group work and social work with the elderly, there is surprisingly little about applying this practice method to this specific age group. Group Work and Aging: Issues in Practice, Research, and Education fills this gap by presenting penetrating articles about a mutual aid approach to working with diverse groups of older adults with varied needs. Respected experts and gifted researchers provide cas.
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ISBN
9781135429669 (electronic bk.)
1135429669 (electronic bk.)
1299867413 (ebk)
9781299867413 (ebk)
0789028808
9780789028808
0789028816
9780789028815
Related Titles
Journal of gerontological social work
Note
"Co-published simultaneously as Journal of Gerontological Social Work, volume 44, numbers 1/2 2004."
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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