Social Work Practice With Older Adults
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Social Work Practice With Older Adults: An Actively Aging Framework for Practice
By Jill M. Chonody, Barbra TeaterEducational Gerontology, 34,570–586. Gilderbloom, J. I., & Rosentraub, M. S. (2008). Invisible jail: Providing housing and ... Boston, MA: Pearson Education. Glisky, E. L. (2007). Changes in cognitive function in human aging.
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Social Work Practice With Older Adults: An Actively Aging Framework for Practice
By Jill M. Chonody, Barbra TeaterIn one study, older adults who were exposed to an exercise intervention were found to have improved their balance, and at a 12-month follow-up, their fall rate was 40% less than the control group (Barnett, Smith, Lord, Williams, ...
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Social Work Practice With Older Adults: An Actively Aging Framework for Practice
By Jill M. Chonody, Barbra TeaterCovering micro, mezzo, and macro practice domains, the text examines all aspects of working with aging populations, from assessment through termination.
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Social Work Practice With Older Adults: An Actively Aging Framework for Practice
By Jill M. Chonody, Barbra Teater... older people keeping around 33% of those 65 and older out of poverty (Shelton, 2015). Finally, greater national effort can be made to both educate the community on issues such as these but also to celebrate older people. In Text Box 8.5 ...
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Social Work Practice with Older Adults: An Evidence-Based Approach
By Dawn Joosten-HagyeEmphasizing intersectionality theory, the text encourages readers to consider the context and intersecting diversity factors of the older adult client and involve them in treatment decision plans, empowering older adults to select ...
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Social Work Practice with Older Adults: A Resilience-Enhancing Guide
By Roberta R Greene"This text describes the resilience-enhancing stress model (RESM), an integrated human behavior framework that can be used to guide social work practice in various contexts and fields of practice.