Learn the skills you need to work with geriatric populations in rural areas Gerontological Social Work in Rural Towns and Communities provides a range of intervention and community skills aimed precisely at the needs of rural elders. This book fills a gap in the literature by focusing on the specific practice concerns for social workers assisting older adults in rural areas, including the aging experience, social worker skills, professional functions, working with special populations, and health and long-term care concerns. This valuable resource will benefit social workers, gerontologists,...

Learn the skills you need to work with geriatric populations in rural areas
Gerontological Social Work in Rural Towns and Communities provides a range of intervention and community skills aimed precisely at the needs of rural elders. This book fills a gap in the literature by focusing on the specific practice concerns for social workers assisting older adults in rural areas, including the aging experience, social worker skills, professional functions, working with special populations, and health and long-term care concerns. This valuable resource will benefit social workers,...

First published in 1997. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Starting with a review of the historical, philosophical, and political antecedents of the Swedish ombudsman, the authors place the idea of nursing home ombudsmanship within the context of an expanding population of older people who may require institutional care in their more advanced years.