Overview
The third edition describes significant practice issues and challenges facing gerontological social workers, working with the fastest growing demographic cohort in North America. Insightful and creative practitioners provide current accounts and case examples from their work in a variety of settings. The material includes both micro and macro practice and offers a focus on advanced specialty practice while also providing an advanced generalist model. All the chapters have been rewritten and updated by adding related additional readings and websites. Six new chapters have been added on sensory impairment, HIV/AIDS, elder abuse, community-assisted living, rural elderly, retirement, and volunteerism. ""Social Work Practice with the Elderly"" offers an exciting collection of well-crafted readings and will be useful for any social work student at the undergraduate or graduate level. It will also be a valuable resource for those in other helping professions who work side by side with social workers in this field: nurses, physiotherapists, music and art therapists, psychologists, physicians, recreational therapists, speech and language therapists, and clergy.
Full Product Details
Author: Michael Holosko ,
Marvin D. Feit
Publisher: Canadian Scholars
Imprint: Canadian Scholars
Edition: Third Edition
Dimensions:
Width: 15.30cm
, Height: 2.90cm
, Length: 21.30cm
Weight: 0.765kg
ISBN: 9781551302331
ISBN 10: 1551302330
Pages: 560
Publication Date: 30 August 2004
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Temporarily unavailable
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Reviews
A comprehensive text which covers the full range of practice skills and activities required for effective gerontological social work practice in the 1990s. It is very well written and clearly articulates practice settings in both Canada and the United States. Any practitioner working in this field should have a copy of this text on their desk. -- John S. Wodarski, Ph.D., Associate Vice President, Research & Graduate Studies, University of Akron, Ohio
A comprehensive text which covers the full range of practice skills and activities required for effective gerontological social work practice in the 1990s. It is very well written and clearly articulates practice settings in both Canada and the United States. Any practitioner working in this field should have a copy of this text on their desk. - John S. Wodarski, Ph.D., Associate Vice President, Research & Graduate Studies, University of Akron, Ohio
Author Information
Michael Holosko and Marvin Feit, Editors
