Social Work Practice in Community-Based Health Care presents practical, evidence-based information for health care professionals who provide care to older clients with high-risk health conditions. The book focuses on the economic and consumer contexts that shape social work practice and looks at how managed care and technology have transformed acute and life-threatening illnesses in to chronic conditions.

Social Work Practice in Community-Based Health Care presents practical, evidence-based information for health care professionals who provide care to older clients with high-risk health conditions. The book focuses on the economic and consumer contexts that shape social work practice and looks at how managed care and technology have transformed acute and life-threatening illnesses in to chronic conditions.

Longer life expectancy, the aging baby boom population, and increasing numbers of older adults with chronic health conditions who want to remain at home are generating an urgent need for providers who possess specialized knowledge and skills in home heath care. Answering the urgent call for a textbook that deals with specifically with adults in this setting, Goldie Kadushin and Marcia Egan synthesize empirical research to extract practical applications for practice, emphasizing the "how to" of gerontological home health care by discussing the field's most relevant issues. The authors include...

Longer life expectancy, the aging baby boom population, and increasing numbers of older adults with chronic health conditions who want to remain at home are generating an urgent need for providers who possess specialized knowledge and skills in home heath care. Answering the urgent call for a textbook that deals with specifically with adults in this setting, Goldie Kadushin and Marcia Egan synthesize empirical research to extract practical applications for practice, emphasizing the "how to" of gerontological home health care by discussing the field's most relevant issues. The authors include...