Ethnicity and gerontological social work / Rose Dobrof, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Dobrof, Rose.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social work with older people.

Social service and race relations.

Minority older people.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (156 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Ethnicity and Gerontological Social Work presents a compassionate and illuminating update on ethnicity in this area of social work. This fine book looks at such topics as the relationship between white aged clients and non-white paraprofessional workers, minority elder maltreatment, the utilization of social services by the Mexican-American Elderly, the neglected Asian-American Elderly, public policies and services in Japan, and more.

Contents:

Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; From the Editor; An Anguished Relationship: The White Aged Institutionalized Client and the Non-White Paraprofessional Worker; Troubled Values and Assumptions; Semantics and Reality; Like It Is; No More Cheap Hypocrisy; Autobiographical Notes of a Young-Old European-American Ethnic Social Gerontologist; Issues for Social Work Research and Practice; "Around the Verge of Parting Life" : Hobart Jackson, The Stephen Smith Home, and Black Gerontology; Public Policies and Services for the Aged in Japan; Introduction

Cultural Position of the Aged in JapanEconomic Condition of the Aged; Health Care; Work; Family Life; Future Trends; Conclusion; Minority Elder Maltreatment: Ethnicity, Gender, Age, and Poverty; Method; Minority versus Non-Minority Profile; The Elder's Circumstances; Maltreatment Situation; Intervention Plan; Minority Within Group Differences; Black versus Hispanic; Females versus Males; Age; Official Poverty; Discussion; Retired Israeli Social Workers: Work, Volunteer Activities, and Satisfaction Among Retired Professionals; Method and Procedure; Results; Conclusions

The Utilization of Social Services by the Mexican-American ElderlyIntroduction; Conceptual Framework; Data and Methods; Measurement Section; Findings; Discussion; Asian American Elderly: A Neglected Minority Group; Discriminatory Legislations; Asian American Elderly of the First Generation; False Assumptions; As a Target Population; Implications for Practice; Self-Help: Model for Strengthening the Informal Support System of the Hispanic Elderly; Introduction; Conceptual Framework; Project Description; Project Outcome and Findings; Recommendations; Conclusions

Older Americans Act Related Homebound Aged: What Difference Does Racial Background Make?The Well-Being of Black and White Aged; Methods and Procedures; Black and White Service Consumers; Discussion

Notes:

"Ethnicity and Gerontological Social Work has also been published as Journal of Gerontological Social Work, Volume 9, Number 4, Summer 1986."--T.p. verso.

"First published 1987 by The Haworth Press, Inc."--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed April 30, 2014).

ISBN:

1-317-83996-X

1-315-82613-5

1-317-83995-1

9781315826134

OCLC:

958100489