Social work practice with older people : a positive person-centred approach / Rory Lynch. 6
By: Lynch, Rory, 4 0 16 [, author.] | [, ] |
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Language: Unknown language code Summary language: Unknown language code Original language: Unknown language code Series: ; Los Angeles, California : SAGE, [2014]46Edition: Description: 25 cm., xii, 212 pages : illustrationsContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781446201831;9781446201848ISSN: 2Other title: 6 []Uniform titles: | | Subject(s): -- 2 -- 0 -- -- | -- 2 -- 0 -- 6 -- | 2 0 -- | -- -- 20 -- | | -- -- Social work with older people.;Social work with older people. -- -- -- | -- -- -- 20 -- --Genre/Form: -- 2 -- Additional physical formats: DDC classification: | LOC classification: | HV1451 | L96 20142Other classification:| Item type | Current location | Home library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages [185]-206) and index.
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.
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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 ...
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