Group Work and Aging: Issues in Practice, Research, and Education

by Graziano; Roberta K

• ISBN13: 9780789028808
• ISBN10: 0789028808
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-10-05
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

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 case studies, practice examples, and explanation of theory to illustrate this practice method with aging adults, their families, and their caregivers. Each well-referenced chapter delivers high quality, up-to-date social group work practice strategies to prepare practitioners for the needs of the growing population of elderly in the near future.

Table of Contents

About the Contributors	xvii
Foreword	xix
M. Joanna Mellor, DSW
Introduction	1	(4)
Robert Salmon, DSW
What's Different About Working with Older People in Groups?	5	(20)
Ronald W. Toseland, PhD
Victoria M. Rizzo, PhD
An Examination of Group Work with Old Lesbians Struggling with a Lack of Intimacy by Using a Record of Service	25	(28)
Kris Drumm, MSW
Sweethearts and Sourpusses: My Year with the Elderly	53	(28)
Sarah Stevenson, MSW Student
The Sociocultural Reality of the Asian Immigrant Elderly: Implications for Group Work Practice	81	(14)
Irene Chung, PhD, CSW
Residential Substance Abuse Treatment for Older Adults: An Enhanced Therapeutic Community Model	95	(16)
Frank Guida, PhD
Arnold Unterbach, MSW
John Tavolacci, MSW
Peter Provet, PhD
Mutual Aid Groups for Older Persons with a Mental Illness	111	(16)
Timothy B. Kelly, PhD
The Relationship Between Caregiver Support Groups and the Marker Framework of Caregiving	127	(24)
Helene Ebenstein, MSW
Telephone Caregiver Support Groups	151	(22)
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	173	(16)
Harriet Goodman, DSW
Seniors, Small Fry, and Song: A Group Work Libretto of an Intergenerational Singing Group	189	(22)
Miriam Cusicanqui, MSW
Robert Salmon, DSW
Using the End of Groups as an Intervention at End-of-Life	211	(12)
Ann Goelitz, MSW, CSW
Group Field Instruction: A Model for Supervising Graduate Students Providing Services to Older People	223	(20)
Barbara H. Rinehart, PhD
Roberta Graziano, DSW
The Use of a Mutual Aid Group with Home Attendants	243	(12)
Sister Maria Theresa Amato, OP, MSW
Remembering With and Without Awareness Through Poetry to Better Understand Aging and Disability	255	(10)
Andrew Malekoff, MSW
Index	265