Social Work and Health Care in an Aging Society: Education, Policy, Practice, and Research

by Barbara Berkman DSW (Editor), Linda Harootyan MSW (Editor)

Overview

This book places significant issues related to the health, mental health, and well-being of older adults and their caregivers within the context of social work service delivery. By presenting the research of social work scholars, all experts in specific research areas, the editors clarify the value that social work brings to the larger realm of health care for older adults and their families.

Special consideration is given to such issues as case management, urban, African-American elders, grandmothers raising grandchildren, aging persons with developmental disabilities, home health care, and more.

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Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780826197245
Publisher:	Springer Publishing Company
Publication date:	06/01/2003
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	424
File size:	3 MB

About the Author

Barbara J. Berkman, DSW, is the Helen Rehr/Ruth Fizdale Professor of Health and Mental Health at Columbia University School of Social Work (CUSSW) and Adjunct Professor, Department of Community and Preventive Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York City. She is a former President of the Institute for the Advancement of Social Work Research (IASWR) and is a Fellow of the Gerontological Society of America and of the New York Academy of Medicine.

Linda Krogh Harootyan, MSW, is the Deputy Director for the Gerontological Society of America (GSA).

Table of Contents

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1. Introduction, B.Berkman&L.K. Harootyan
2. Late-Life Depression in Long-Term Care: Social Work Opportunities to Prevent, Educate, and Alleviate, M.E. Adamek
3. Older Adults with Dementia: Community-Based Long-Term Care Alternatives, J. Semke
4. The Older Patient at Home: Social Work Services and Home Health Care, J.S. Lee&I.A. Gutheil
5. Gerontological Social Work and Case Management, M.J. Naleppa
6. Self-Health Care by Urban, African American Elders, D. Burnette&S-Y Kang
7. Physical Health and Economic Well-Being of Older African-American Women: Toward Strategies of Empowerment, L.A. Chadiha&P. Adams
8. Grandparents Raising Grandchildren, N.P. Kropf&S. Wilks
9. Aging Persons with Developmental Disabilities and Their Caregivers, P.McCallion&S.R. Kolomer
10. Strains and Gains of Grandmothers Raising Grandchildren in the HIV Pandemic, C.C.Poindexter&N.C. Boyer
11. Elder Mistreatment and the Role of Social Work, G.J. Paveza&C. VandeWeerd
12. Standardized Geriatric Assessment in Social Work Practice with Older Adults, S.M. Geron&F. C. Little
13. Cultural Considerations in Health Care and Quality of Life, P. Maramaldi&M. Guevara
14. Centrality of Social Ties to the Health and Well-Being of Older Adults, J. Lubben&M. Gironda
15. Home and Community-Based Long Term Care Policies and Programs: The Crucial Role for Social Work Practitioners and Researchers in Evaluation, S.A. Robert
16. Social Work in Aging and Health Care: Meeting the Challenges of Practice in the 21st Cenrury, D.S. Gardner&B.D. Zodikoff

Appendix
Index

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From the Publisher

"The contributors to Social Work and Health Care in an Aging Society have performed a brilliant job of selecting, outlining and discussing the major health care issues for today’s social workers. Most impressive was the concise coverage of each topic that includes not only significance, research, and policy implications, but also curriculum advice."
——Judie Svihula, University of California, Berkeley