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Empowering social workers for practice with vulnerable older adults / Barbara A. Soniat and Monica Melady Micklos.
LIBRA HV1451 .S643 2010
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Van Pelt Library HV1451 .S643 2010
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Soniat, Barbara A.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Social work with older people.
- Aged.
- Geriatric Assessment.
- Social Work.
- Medical Subjects:
- Aged.
- Geriatric Assessment.
- Social Work.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 136 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, DC : National Association of Social Workers, [2010]
- Contents:
- Vulnerable older adults : a population demanding attention
- Geriatric social work as a vital field
- Theoretical perspectives
- Value issues and ethical dilemmas
- The importance of the client-social worker relationship
- Assessing capacity
- Assessing risk
- Using the capacity-risk model to guide assessment and intervention decisions
- Working with older people who hoard
- Live alones : social work interventions with people with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias who live alone.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 123-129) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Sabin W. Colton, Jr., Memorial Fund.
- ISBN:
- 0871013959
- 9780871013958
- OCLC:
- 502150605
- Publisher Number:
- 99966621181
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