Diversity And Aging In The Social Environment
Contributors: Sherry M., Ph.D. Cummings (Editor); Colleen Galambos (Editor)
Publisher: Haworth Press; Haworth Social Work Practice Press; Routledge
Published: February 28, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 227
ISBN-13: 9780789026767
Subjects: Care of the elderly; Social work; Social Science; Minority older people; Sociology; Gerontology; General; Multiculturalism; Older people; United States
First sentence: With the increasing proportion of older adults in the population, there is a "demographic imperative" for provision of social work services to a larger and increasingly diverse population of older adults (Council on Social Work Education, 2001).
Description: "This single source is designed to help social service professionals provide effective services to America's vastly diverse and rapidly growing elderly population. Diversity and Aging in the Social Environment explores the impact of race/ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, and geographic location on elders' strengths, challenges, needs, and resources to provide you with a more complete understanding of the issues elders face."--Jacket.