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Social work and health care in an aging society : education, policy, practice, and research
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Social work and health care in an aging society : education, policy, practice, and research

Author: Barbara Berkman; Linda K Harootyan
Publisher: New York : Springer, ©2003.
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Social work and health care in an aging society.
New York : Springer, c2003
(OCoLC)606354796
Online version:
Social work and health care in an aging society.
New York : Springer, c2003
(OCoLC)606987485
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Barbara Berkman; Linda K Harootyan
ISBN: 0826115438 9780826115430
OCLC Number: 51770203
Notes: Chapters are based on the research of the first 10 scholars in the Hartford Geriatric Social Work Faculty Scholars Program, administered by the Gerontological Society of America.
Description: xi, 408 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents: Introduction / Barbara Berkman, Linda Krogh Harootyan --
Late-life depression in nursing home residents: social work opportunities to prevent, educate, and alleviate / Margaret E. Adamek --
Older adults with dementia: community-based long-term care alternatives / Jeanette Semke --
The older patient at home: social work services and home health care / Ji Seon Lee, Irene A. Gutheil --
Gerontological social work and case management / Matthias J. Naleppa --
Self-health care by urban, African American elders / Denise Burnette, Suk-Young Kang --
Physical health and economic well-being of older African American women: toward strategies of empowerment / Letha A. Chadiha, Portia Adams --
Grandparents raising grandchildren / Nancy P. Kropf, Scott Wilks --
Aging persons with developmental disabilities and their caregivers / Philip McCallion, Stacey R. Kolomer --
Strains and gains of grandmothers raising grandchildren in the HIV pandemic / Cynthia Cannon Poindexter, Nancy Capobianco Boyer --
Elder mistreatment and the role of social work / Gregory J. Paveza, Carla VandeWeerd --
Standardized geriatric assessment in social work practice with older adults / Scott Miyake Geron, Faith C. Little --
Cultural considerations in health care and quality of life / Peter Maramaldi, Marci Guevara --
Centrality of social ties to the health and well-being of older adults / James Lubben, Melanie Gironda --
Home and community-based long-term care policies and programs: the crucial role for social work practitioners and researchers in evaluation / Stephanie A. Robert --
Meeting the challenges of social work practice in health care and aging in the 21st century / Daniel S. Gardner, Bradley D. Zodikoff.
Responsibility: Barbara Berkman, editor ; Linda Harootyan, associate editor.

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