Social work with elders
Subtitle: a biopsychosocial approach to assessment and intervention
By: Kathleen McInnis-Dittrich
Edition: 2nd ed
Publisher: Pearson/Allyn & Bacon
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 389
Subjects: Social work with older people -- United States; Older people -- Services for -- United States; Aging -- United States
Description: "Social Work with Elders includes the protocols for both traditional and nontraditional intervention, recognizing the amazing heterogeneity of the aging population, and examines important topics such as human behavior in the social environment of elders, spirituality, designing interventions, and diversity regarding gender, race, ethnicity, sexuality, and sexual orientation of elders. Readers are introduced to theoretical information on the biopsychosocial functioning of older adults and are prepared to assess that functioning and plan and implement interventions. The management of special concerns in substance abuse, protective services, working with family and caregiver support systems, and issues in dying, bereavement, and advance directives are also addressed."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index