Contemporary issues of care / Roberta R. Greene, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Greene, Roberta R. (Roberta Rubin), 1940-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social case work.

Caregivers.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (419 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Haworth Press, c2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Make sure your clients get the best possible care throughout their livesContemporary Issues of Care presents the latest research findings on human behavior and the social environment for social workers practicing at the individual, family, and community levels. This timely book applies the functional-age model on intergenerational therapy (FAM) to examine the interaction between the care recipient's biopsychosocial and spiritual functioning and the capacity of the family/caregiver to adapt. The book's contributors examine the functions of various social systems in caregiving a

Contents:

Cover; Title; Copyright Page; Contents; About the Contributors; Preface: Contemporary Issues of Care; Chapter 1. Introduction: The Functional-Age Model of Intergenerational Treatment; Chapter 2. Intervention Continued: Providing Care Through Case Management; Chapter 3. Mental Health Care Policy: Recognizing the Needs of Minority Siblings as Caregivers; Chapter 4. Older Latinos and Mental Health Services: Understanding Access Barriers; Chapter 5. Self-Care in Caregiving; Chapter 6. Issues in Caregiving: Elder Abuse and Substance Abuse

Chapter 7. The Hidden Population: The Rural Female Elderly in Korea and Their Economic StatusChapter 8. The Role of African-American Pastors in Mental Health Care; Chapter 9. Self-Care Practices and Hispanic Women with Diabetes; Chapter 10. Care Needs of Older Adults Following a Traumatic or Disastrous Event; Chapter 11. Caregivers of Children with Cancer; Chapter 12. Families Caring for Persons with HIV/AIDS; Chapter 13. New Challenge to Inner-City Caregiving: What Organizations Must Do to Address Urban-Satellite Mix Communities

Chapter 14. Older Lesbian and Gay Caregivers: Caring for Families of Choice and Caring for Families of OriginChapter 15. Dementia Caregivers: Rewards in Multicultural Perspectives; Chapter 16. Community Caregiving Partnerships in Aging: Promoting Alliances to Support Care Providers; APPENDIX: The Assessment and Intervention Planning Workbook; Index

Notes:

"Contemporary Issues of Care has been co-published simultaneously as Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment, Volume 14, Numbers 1/2 2006."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-136-44739-3

0-203-05165-3

1-283-83918-0

1-136-44732-6

9780203051658

OCLC:

819635663