Social Work with the Aged and Their Families

Name: Social Work with the Aged and Their Families
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ISBN: 9780202361833

ISBN-10: 0202361837

ISBN-13: 9780202361833

Edition: 3rd 2008

Authors: Roberta R. Greene

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In recent years, theoreticians, researchers, and practitioners have become increasingly interested in older adults and the aging process. This volume draws on related disciplines to better understand the biological, psychological, and social aspects of aging. Social Work with the Aged and Their Families covers areas of central interest to those coping with the needs of an aging population. Among the topics addressed are assessment of the aging, taking into account biological age, psychological age, and socio-cultural and spiritual age. Greene also considers the importance of the family system, family roles and development, functional-age individual and family intervention, and group and…

Book details

List price: $46.95
Edition: 3rd
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Routledge
Publication date: 2/29/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 232
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.748
Language: English



Preface



Introduction



Beginning the Helping Process: Special Issues



Assessment and Functional Age



Psychological Aspects of Functional Age



Sociocultural and Spiritual Aspects of Functional Age



The Family as a Social System



Assessment: The Family as a Set of Reciprocal Roles and Developmental Unit



The Functional-Age Model and Individual and Family Intervention



The Functional-Age Model of Intergenerational Treatment: Group and Community-Based Approaches


Index