Social work practice with the elderly

Feit, Marvin D. (Added Author). Holosko, Michael J. (Added Author).

Record details

ISBN: 1551302330
Physical Description: print
xiv, 560 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Edition: 3rd ed.
Publisher: Toronto : Canadian Scholars' Press, 2004.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references.

Formatted Contents Note:

Ch. 1. An overview of social work practice with the elderly / Marvin D. Feit and Nuria M. Cuevas-Feit -- Ch. 2. Whatαs unique about social work practice with the elderly? / D. Ann Holosko and Michael J. Holosko -- Ch. 3. Conducting psychosocial assessments with the elderly / Susan Watt and Ahuva Soifer -- Ch. 4. Selected problems in counselling the elderly / Susan Birnie-Marino -- Ch. 5. Medication utilization problems among the elderly : implications for social work practice / Vincent J. Giannetti -- Ch. 6. Social policies that influence practice with the elderly / Donald R. Leslie and Michael J. Holosko -- Ch. 7. Identifying the elderly alcoholic : a niche for gerontological social work practice / Michael J. Holosko and Melanie Gallant -- Ch. 8. Case management practice with the elderly / Carol D. Austin and Robert W. McClelland -- Ch. 9. Social work practice with sensory impairments : hearing, taste, touch, smell and vision loss / Donald R. Leslie and M. Kaye Leslie -- Ch. 10. Abuse and neglect of the elderly person / Jacqueline F. L. Bobyk-Krumins and Michael J. Holosko -- Ch. 11. HIV/AIDS and the elderly : implications for social work practice / Natalie St. John and Michael J. Holosko -- Ch. 12. Social work practice with rural elderly / Patricia MacKenzie -- Ch. 13. Retirement : preparation, planning and participation / Laura Taylor and Michael J. Holosko -- Ch. 14. Facilitating a goodness-of-fit between older volunteers and their communities / Judith A. Wheeler --