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This eminently practical book applies the task-centered model to gerontological practice across various settings (community based, hospital based, home healthcare, etc.). After an introductory chap...
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  • 24 December 2003
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This eminently practical book applies the task-centered model to gerontological practice across various settings (community based, hospital based, home healthcare, etc.). After an introductory chapter presenting demographic background information and outlining the common problems and needs of an elderly population, the book describes the continuum of care and the principal providers of services.

Gerontological Social Work features in-depth coverage of specific client problems, such as physical or mental health, caregiving, home and personal safety, senior living, and long-term care arrangements. A series of task planners offer a menu of possible actions that can resolve or alleviate a designated problem. Rating scales, schedules, and other forms assist the practitioner and client in the intervention process. An appendix classified by topic lists hundreds of Web sites related to work with the elderly.

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Price: $85.00
Pages: 448
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Imprint: Columbia University Press
Publication Date: 24 December 2003
ISBN: 9780231115865
Format: Hardcover
BISACs: SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gerontology
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Gerontological Social Work is a well-written, interesting book...an important contribution to the growing body of gerontological literature.
Matthias Naleppa is an associate professor at the School of Social Work at Virginia Commonwealth University and a recent Hartford Geriatric Social Work Faculty Scholar. William J. Reid is Distinguished Professor of Social Work at the State University of New York at Albany. His most recent book, with Stuart Kirk, is Social Work: A Critical Appraisal.

Preface
Part I: A Foundation for Gerontological Practice
1. A Profile of Older Adults
2. The Aging Network and Service Providers
3. Communication for Gerontological Practice
4. Assessment in Gerontological Practice
5. Initial Phase of Intervention
6. The Middle Phase
7. Final Phase: Ending Service
8. Case Management
9. Practice with Caregivers: Individuals and Groups,, by Kristina Hash
10. Practice in Long-Term Care Settings,, by Debra Lacey
Part II: Task Planners
11. Resources and Planning
12. Advance Directives: Health Care Proxy and DNR Orders
13. Advance Planning: Power of Attorney
14. End-of-Life Medical Decision Making
15. Financial and Personal Records
16. Hospice
17. Nutrition Programs: Meals-on-Wheels
18. Senior Transportation
19. Retirement
20. Home and Personal Safety
21. Elder Abuse and Mistreatment
22. Emergency Information: Vial-of-Life
23. Home Safety: Environmental Assessment
24. Falls and Accidents
25. Emergency Response Systems: Telephone Reassurance
26. Living and Care Arrangements
27. Senior Living Alternatives: Long-Term Care Facilities
28. Adult Foster Care: Board and Care Facilities
29. Assisted Living Facilities: Placement
30. Resident Adjustment to Nursing Home Placement
31. Relocation
32. Caregiving and Respite
33. Adult Children: Communication and Caregiving
34. Caregiving: Burden on One Family Member
35. Respite: Long-Term
36. Respite: Short-Term
37. Adult Day Care
38. Health and Mental Health
39. Dementia, Alzheimer's Disease, and Delirium: Spouse and Family Adjustment
40. Exercise, Fitness, and Well-Being
41. Urinary Incontinence
42. Medication Management and Treatment Adherence
43. Tinnitus: Coping with the Sounds
44. Stroke: Coping During the Aftermath
45. Appendix: Selected Web Sites for Work with the Elderly