Social work practice with older people : a positive person-centred approach / Rory Lynch.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lynch, Rory, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social work with older people.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (212 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Los Angeles, California : SAGE, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Older people are the biggest service user group for social workers and an increasing portion of the population. In this refreshingly positive and practical textbook, Rory Lynch draws on years of practice and teaching experience to show how to achieve best social work practice with older adults. He takes a person-centred approach, which fosters respect by valuing the fact that elderly people have more lived experience than others.Exploring the key theoretical approaches and methods of intervention, this book helps social workers to identify, understand and facilitate their service-users' wishes for wellbeing and a fulfilling older age. Chapters are practice-driven, containing case studies drawn from a range of care settings, reflective questions and exercises.Mapping directly onto the key modules on the social work degree, this is ...

Contents:

chapter 1. Historical context, law and policy

chapter 2. Values and ethics

chapter 3. Skills in working with older people

chapter 4. Community care

chapter 5. Mental health and well-being

chapter 6. Dementia

chapter 7. Assessment and intervention

chapter 8. Gerontology

chapter 9. Care settings for older people

chapter 10. Being a research-practitioner.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781446286692

144628669X

9781446287286

1446287289

9781446201848

1446201848

9781446295991

1446295990

OCLC:

1017726722