Gerontological Social Work in Action: Anti-Oppressive Practice with Older Adults, Their Families, and Communities

ISBN-13: 9781138633308 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 292 str.

Wendy Hulko; Shari Brotman; Louise Stern

Opis

Gerontological Social Work in Action introduces ‘anti-oppression gerontology’ (AOG), a critical approach to social work with older adults, their families, and communities.

Spis treści

List of figures and tables;  Preface;  Acknowledgements;  Introduction;  Part 1: Shifting our lens on gerontological social work;  1. Age/ism: age as a category of difference;  2. Theorizing later life and social work praxis;  3. Sites and sectors of health and social care;  Part 2: Doing AOP social work with older adults;  4. Deconstructing risk and frailty;  5. Moral, legal, and ethical issues;  6. Who cares about caregiving?;  7. Dementia, personhood, and citizenship as practice;  8. Mapping trauma across the life course;  9. Mental health, mental wellness, and substance mis/use;  10. Addressing mistreatment and violence;  Part 3: Re-visioning gerontological social work;  11. Building inclusive communities;  12. Policy and planning for an aging society;  13. Everyday lives and realities; Concluding thoughts; Index