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Social work with older people
- Author:
- MARSHALL Mary
- Publisher:
- Macmillan
- Publication year:
- 1983
- Pagination:
- 142p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Cultural competency: a key to effective future social work with racially and ethnically diverse elders
- Author:
- MIN Jong Won
- Journal article citation:
- Families in Society, 86(3), July 2005, pp.347-358.
- Publisher:
- The Alliance for Children and Families
The author presents information that allows a better understanding of future issues and problems facing racial/ethnic minority elders and discusses how social work can effectively and successfully address these future needs. Five specific recommendations are proposed: (a) reconceptualize race/ethnicity and diversity in social work practice, (b) identify and develop a conceptual framework for social work with racially and ethnically diverse elders, (c) consider a multidisciplinary community-oriented and neighborhood-based approach, (d) advance culturally competent gerontological social work with diverse elders, and (e) strengthen gerontological social work education with an emphasis on cultural competence.
The same but different: social work with centenarians
- Author:
- McCORMACK John
- Journal article citation:
- Australian Social Work, 53(4), December 2000, pp.27-32.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
Reports on Australian research which investigates very long-lived individuals who occasionally interact with social workers working in aged care. Following some introductory information on the socio-demographics of this group, findings on their health status are presented, as well as social workers' experiences of working with centenarians. The study finds that despite their unique age, the health and social support required is no different from that needed by much younger aged clients. This important finding of heterogeneity and inter-individual variability should assist social work advocates arguing against stereotyping this group based solely on their outstanding chronological characteristic.
Challenges to the implementation of personal advocacy for older adults
- Authors:
- HYDUK Christine A., MOXLEY David P.
- Journal article citation:
- Families in Society, 71(5), September 2000, pp.455-466.
- Publisher:
- The Alliance for Children and Families
Despite the endorsement of advocacy by the social work profession, the implementation of advocacy in community-service situations for vulnerable populations poses a major challenge to practice. This article examines the implementation of an advocacy project in the USA to address the community living needs older adults of minority status defined as important to the advancement of their quality of life, others background on the need for advocacy among minority other persons and advocacy with the context of empowerment then seven issues social workers should address to ensure the effectiveness and viability of personal advocacy for older adults are discussed. Finally, considers the promise of personal advocacy as a form of prevention at the individual case level of service and the benefits sound implementation can produce for older adults, their families, and social-service systems.
Bridging the divide: elders and the assessment process
- Author:
- RICHARDS Sally
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Social Work, 30(1), February 2000, pp.37-49.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
At the heart of needs-based assessment is an uneasy tension between agency-centred and user-centred objectives. Using case material from an ethnographic study of the process of assessment for older people, this paper looks at what happens when practitioners try to understand the needs of individual elders through a process dominated by agency agendas. By marginalizing the older person's insights, the risk of unwelcome or inappropriate intervention may increase. A user-centred approach, by contrast, requires information gathering and provision that is meaningful to the older person and sensitive to their efforts to analyse and manage their situation. These efforts are often revealed in narrative form as the person tells their story which, in an agency-centred assessment, is easily overlooked or even ignored.
Gerontological social work and the UN International Year of Older Persons
- Author:
- WITKIN Stanley L.
- Journal article citation:
- Social Work: A journal of the National Association of Social Workers (NASW), 44(6), November 1999, pp.513-519.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
To highlight the United Nations International Year of Older Persons and to increase awareness of social work issues related to older people, the author conducted an interview with four distinguished social workers involved in gerontological social work. The interviewees identified professional needs and various policy and practice issues for social work education and practice.
Making sense of needs assessment
- Author:
- RICHARDS Sally
- Journal article citation:
- Research Policy and Planning, 12(1), 1994, pp.5-9.
- Publisher:
- Social Services Research Group
Underlying the community care reforms is an ambiguous approach to the concept of need. Outlines the implications of this for practitioners and describes the development of an ethnographic study of the assessments of elderly people which explores how the concept of need is handled in practice.
“They just don’t have a clue”: transgender aging and Implications for social sork
- Author:
- SIVERSKOG Anna
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Gerontological Social Work, 57(2-4), 2014, pp.386-406.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
This article explores transgender ageing, drawing from life story interviews with transgender adults aged 62–78. The analysis focuses on 3 themes: intersections of age and gender during the life course, lack of knowledge of transgender issues, and how previous experiences of accessing care and social services matter in later life. It illustrates how older transgendered adults carry physical and mental scars from previously encountered transphobia, which affect various aspects of later life. Implications for social work are discussed and client-centred care, with a biographical approach, is suggested to better meet the needs of transgendered older adults. (Edited publisher abstract)
Breaking barriers and building bridges: understanding the pervasive needs of older LGBT adults and the value of social work in health care
- Authors:
- ERDLEY Shiloh D., et al
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Gerontological Social Work, 57(2-4), 2014, pp.362-385.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
Given the rise in the ageing population and the increased use of health care services, there is a demand for awareness and training that targets underserved populations such as older lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) adults. Older LGBT adults are 5 times less likely to access health care and social services (King, 2009). Ethically responsible health service delivery is needed to capitalise on the strengths and capabilities of older LGBT adults and is vital for combating existing health disparities. Social workers aim to prevent ongoing gaps in care for older LGBT adults that can lead to negative individual and social consequences. (Edited publisher abstract)
Developing understanding of same-sex partner bereavement for older lesbian and gay people: implications for social work practice
- Author:
- FENGE Lee-Ann
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Gerontological Social Work, 57(2-4), 2014, pp.288-304.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
There is little research and literature exploring same-sex partner bereavement in later life or end-of-life experiences of lesbian and gay elders in the United Kingdom. This article considers this often overlooked area of social work practice and explores a range of factors emerging from a small explorative study that considers the experience of loss and bereavement for lesbian and gay elders. Discussion of issues emerging include consideration of the wider psycho-social nature of bereavement and end-of-life experiences for lesbian and gay elders, and the implications this has for social work education and practice. (Publisher abstract)