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9780534578077

Gerontological Social Work Knowledge, Service Settings, and Special Populations

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    9780534578077

  • ISBN10:

    0534578071

  • Edition: 2nd
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2000-02-22
  • Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Summary

PART I: KNOWLEDGE. 1. Effective Practice with Elderly Clients, Nancy P. Kropf and Elizabeth D. Hutchison. 2. The Myths and Facts of Aging, Marcia P. Harrigan and Rosemary L. Farmer. 3. Social Problems and Policies and the Elderly, Anne J. Kisor, Edward A. McSweeney, and Deborah R. Jackson. 4. The Research Process and the Elderly, Michael J. Sheridan and Anne J. Kisor. 5. Case Management for Gerontological Social Workers, Margaret A. Robinson. PART II: SERVICE SETTINGS. 6. Home Health and Community Services, Nancy P. Kropf. 7. Hospital Discharge Planning, Sherry Cummings. 8. Nursing Homes, Stephen D. Stahlman and Anne J. Kisor. PART III: SPECIAL POPULATIONS. 9. Older Persons of Color: Asian/Pacific Islander Americans, African Americans, Hispanic Americans, and American Indians, Joyce O. Beckett and Delores Dungee-Anderson. 10. Aging Women, Joyce O. Beckett and Robert L. Schneider, with Etty Vandsburger and Ellen Stephens. 11. Lesbian and Gay Elders: An Invisible Minority, Chrystal C. Ramirez Barranti and Harriet Cohen. 12. Disability and Aging, Stephen F. Gilson. Appendices.

Table of Contents

List of Contributors
vii
Introduction ix
Robert L. Schneider
Nancy P. Kropf
Anne J. Kisor
Part One Knowledge
Effective Practice with Elderly Clients
3(23)
Nancy P. Kropf
Elizabeth D. Hutchison
The Myths and Facts of Aging
26(39)
Marcia P. Harrigan
Rosemary L. Farmer
Social Problems and Policies and the Elderly
65(32)
Anne J. Kisor
Edward A. McSweeney
Deborah R. Jackson
The Research Process and the Elderly
97(39)
Michael J. Sheridan
Anne J. Kisor
Case Management for Gerontological Social Workers
136(31)
Margaret M. Robinson
Part Two Service Settings
Home Health and Community Services
167(24)
Nancy P. Kropf
Hospital Discharge Planning
191(34)
Deborah R. Jackson
Sherry M. Cummings
Nursing Homes
225(32)
Stephen D. Stahlman
Anne J. Kisor
Part Three Special Populations
Older Persons of Color: Asian/Pacific Islander Americans, African Americans, Hispanic Americans, and American Indians
257(45)
Joyce O. Beckett
Delores Dungee-Anderson
Aging Women
302(41)
Joyce O. Beckett
Robert L. Schneider
Etty Vandsburger
Ellen J. Stevens
Lesbian and Gay Elders: An Invisible Minority
343(25)
Chrystal C. Ramirez Barranti
Harriet L. Cohen
Disability and Aging
368(28)
Stephen French Gilson
Appendix A 396(7)
Appendix B 403(2)
Index 405

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