Social work with older people
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Bibliographic Information
Social work with older people
（Transforming social work practice / series editors, Jonathan Parker and Greta Bradley）
Learning Matters, 2004
- : pbk.
Available at 2 libraries
Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 161-167) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This book helps students develop a distinctive focus on social work with older people. It enables the reader to develop the knowledge, skills and values that allow them to promote and protect the well-being of the older people they work with. As an interactive resource, with activities, case studies and summaries of contemporary research throughout, this book aids and reinforces the reader's learning. There are also suggestions for further reading and links to current Government guidance and policy documents, all of which support best social work practice when working with older people.
Table of Contents
Values and ethics in social work with older people
The changing context of social work practice with older people
The legal and political context of social work practice with older people
Specific areas of social work practice with older people - mental health and learning disability
Specific areas of social work practice with older people - sensory impairment and physical impairment
Vulnerability and abuse
Partnership and participation
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