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9780826115430

Social Work and Health Care in an Aging Society: Education, Policy, Practice, and Research

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    9780826115430

  • ISBN10:

    0826115438

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2003-06-01
  • Publisher: Lightning Source Inc

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Summary

Columbia Univ., New York City, NY. Text discusses significant issues related to health, mental health, and well-being of older adults and their caregivers with the context of social work delivery. Presents the research of social work scholars clarifying the value social work brings to the realm of health care for older adults and their families. For social workers.

Table of Contents

Contributors ix
Acknowledgments xi
Chapter 1 Introduction 1 (14)
Barbara Berkman and Linda Krogh Harootyan
Chapter 2 Late-Life Depression in Nursing Home Residents: Social Work Opportunities to Prevent, Educate, and Alleviate 15(34)
Margaret E. Adamek
Chapter 3 Older Adults with Dementia: Community-Based Long-Term Care Alternatives 49(24)
Jeanette Semke
Chapter 4 The Older Patient at Home: Social Work Services and Home Health Care 73(24)
Ji 5eon Lee and Irene A. Gutheil
Chapter 5 Gerontological Social Work and Case Management 97(26)
Matthias J. Naleppa
Chapter 6 Self-Health Care by Urban, African American Elders 123(26)
Denise Burnette and Suk-Young Kang
Chapter 7 Physical Health and Economic Well-Being of Older African American Women: Toward Strategies of Empowerment 149(28)
Letha A. Chadiha and Portio Adams
Chapter 8 Grandparents Raising Grandchildren 177 (24)
Nancy P. Kropf and Scott Wilks
Chapter 9 Aging Persons with Developmental Disabilities and Their Caregivers 201(26)
Philip McCallion and Stacey R. Kolomer
Chapter 10 Strains and Gains of Grandmothers Raising Grandchildren in the HIV Pandemic 227(42)
Cynthia Cannon Poindexter and Nancy Capobianco Boyer
Chapter 11 Elder Mistreatment and the Role of Social Work 245
Gregory J. Paveza and Carla VandeWeerd
Chapter 12 Standardized Geriatric Assessment in Social Work Practice with Older Adults 269(28)
Scott Miyake Geron and Faith C. Little
Chapter 13 Cultural Considerations in Health Care and Quality of Life 297(22)
Peter Maramaldi and Marci Guevara
Chapter 14 Centrality of Social Ties to the Health and Well-Being of Older Adults 319(32)
James Lubben and Melanie Gironda
Chapter 15 Home and Community-Based Long-Term Care Policies and Programs: The Crucial Role for Social Work Practitioners and Researchers in Evaluation 351(26)
Stephanie A. Robert
Chapter 16 Meeting the Challenges of Social Work Practice in Health Care and Aging in the 21st Century 377(16)
Daniel S. Gardner and Bradley D. Zodikoff
Appendix 393(4)
Index 397

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