Social Work Practice With the Elderly

This third edition of Social Work Practice with the Elderly describes significant practice issues and current challenges facing gerontological social workers, working with the fastest growing demographic cohort in North America. Insightful and creative practitioners provide current accounts and case examples from their work in a variety of settings. The material includes both micro and macro practices, and offers a focus on advanced specialty practice while also providing an advanced generalist model. All the chapters have been made current by adding related additional readings and websites. Six new chapters have been included: sensory impairment, HIV/AIDS, elder abuse. community assisted living, rural elderly, retirement and volunteerism. Social Work Practice with the Elderly is an exciting group of well crafted readings, and will be useful for any social work student at the undergraduate or graduate level. It will also be a valuable resource for those in other helping professions who work side by side with social workers in this field: nurses, physiotherapists, music and art therapists, psychologists, physicians, recreational therapists, speech and language therapists, clergy, etc.Feit, Marvin D. is the author of 'Social Work Practice With the Elderly', published 2004 under ISBN 9781551302331 and ISBN 1551302330.