Social Work with Older Adults (4th Edition) (Advancing Core Competencies)
Kathleen McInnis-Dittrichis an Associate Professor at the Boston College Graduate School of Social Work and Chair of the Older Adults and Families Concentration. She received her B.A. from Marquette University, her MSW from Tulane University and her Ph.D from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She has extensive practice experience with older adults in community, residential and health care settings. She taught for 15 years at Marquette University and has been on the faculty at Boston College since 1994. Dr. McInnis-Dittrich’s writing and research is focused on clinical and macro practice with older adults. Her writing has appeared inFamilies in Society, Aging and Mental Health, The Clinical Supervisor, Social Development Issues, Migration Today, Journal of Women and Aging,  Educational Gerontology, Race, Gender and Class,andJournal of Teaching in Social Work.She is the author of three books:Social Work with Older Adults: A Biopsychosocial Approach to Assessment and Intervention, Integrating Social Welfare Policy and Social Work PracticeandThe Hmong in America: Providing Ethnic-Sensitive Health, Education, and Human Services.She has also contributed to theHandbook of Social Work and Aging, Social Work Practice with Asian Americans,andCollaborative Practice.