Critical Issues in Social Work with Older People
This timely text highlights the importance of informed and critical practice in social work with older people. With an emphasis on reflection throughout, it argues for the need to rethink how social workers support some of the most vulnerable people in society. The text begins with an exploration of the relationship between gerontology, the study of aging, and social work, and demonstrates that a gerontological approach has long been missing from social work practice. The central chapters consider key issues affecting older people and social work practice, such as:? risk of poverty ? memory loss and dementia? palliative and end of life care?…
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Weitere Autoren: Phillips, Judith / Bernard, Miriam
- ISBN: 978-1-4039-9125-6
- EAN: 9781403991256
- Produktnummer: 3032414
- Verlag: Macmillan Education UK
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2008
- Seitenangabe: 204 S.
- Masse: H23.5 cm x B15.5 cm x D1.1 cm 318 g
- Auflage: 2008
- Abbildungen: Paperback
- Gewicht: 318
Über den Autor
MO RAY is a social worker and has spent many years in practice as a social worker for older people. She is a lecturer in Social Work at Keele University, UK and is postgraduate Director of the Masters in Social Work programme.MIRIAM BERNARD is Professor of Social Gerontology, Director of Keele University's Research Institute for Life Course Studies, UK. She is the author/editor of 16 books and monographs. JUDITH PHILLIPS is Professor of Gerontology and Director of the Older People and Ageing and Research and Development network in Wales. She is President of the British Society of Gerontology.
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