Group work and aging : issues in practice, research, and education / / Robert Salmon, Roberta Graziano, editors

• Pubblicazione: New York : , : Routledge, , 2012
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (284 p.)
• Disciplina: 362.6
• Soggetto topico: Social work with older people; Social group work
• Altri autori: GrazianoRoberta SalmonRobert <1930->
• Note generali: "Co-published simultaneously as Journal of gerontological social work, Volume 44, Numbers 1/2 2004."; First published by the Haworth Social Work Practice Press, 2004.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Group Work and Aging: Issues in Practice, Research, and Education; Title Page; Copyright Page; About the Editors; Table of Contents; About the Contributors; Foreword; Introduction; What's Different About Working with Older People in Groups?; An Examination of Group Work with Old Lesbians Struggling with a Lack of Intimacy by Using a Record of Service; Sweethearts and Sourpusses: My Year with the Elderly; The Sociocultural Reality of the Asian Immigrant Elderly: Implications for Group Work Practice ; Residential Substance Abuse Treatment for Older Adults: An Enhanced Therapeutic Community ModelMutual Aid Groups for Older Persons with a Mental Illness; The Relationship Between Caregiver Support Groups and the Marker Framework of Caregiving; Telephone Caregiver Support Groups; Elderly Parents of Adults with Severe Mental Illness: Group Work Interventions; Seniors, Small Fry, and Song: A Group Work Libretto of an Intergenerational Singing Group; Using the End of Groups as an Intervention at End-of-Life ; Group Field Instruction: A Model for Supervising Graduate Students Providing Services to Older PeopleThe Use of a Mutual Aid Group with Home Attendants; Remembering With and Without Awareness Through Poetry to Better Understand Aging and Disability; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Get a wealth of information about the theory and practice of social work with older adults, their families, and their caregivers!<br /><br />Although there is a considerable amount of writing on both group work and social work with the elderly, there is surprisingly little about applying this practice method to this specific age group. Group Work and Aging: Issues in Practice, Research, and Education fills this gap by presenting penetrating articles about a mutual aid approach to working with diverse groups of older adults with varied needs. Respected experts and gifted researchers provide cas
• Titolo autorizzato: Group work and aging
• ISBN: 1-135-42973-1; 0-7890-2881-6; 1-315-04421-8; 1-135-42966-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910790545903321
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