Elder practice : a multidisciplinary approach to working with older adults in the community

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Elder practice : a multidisciplinary approach to working with older adults in the community

Terry Tirrito, Ilene Nathanson, Nieli Langer

(Social problems and social issues)

University of South Carolina Press, c1996

  • : pbk

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Includes bibliographical references and index

Contents of Works

  • The scope of the issue : the need for a multidisciplinary approach
  • Multidisciplinary approach
  • Health issues : impact on the need for services
  • Mental health issues : impact on the need for services
  • Legal dilemmas : implications for health and social functioning
  • Religiosity, spirituality, and ethical issues : including religious organizations in the service network
  • Cultural competency : the impact of ethnicity on the need for services
  • Social functioning : assessment and impact on the need for services
  • The role of community practitioners : the service network
  • Elder assessment : a multidisciplinary approach
  • The coordination of a referral and treatment plan
  • Implications of the multidisciplinary approach

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This text addresses the issue of how to serve the growing population of elderly people who spend their later years as members of the community rather than residents of an institutional facility. A team of social work professionals proposes a model which would afford comparable co-ordinated care.

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