Table of Contents

• Section I: Direct Practice Elements
• Chapter 1: An Overview of Social Work Practice with the Elderly - Marvin D. Feit and Nuria M. Cuevas-Feit
• Chapter 2: What Is Unique about Social Work Practice with the Elderly? - D. Ann Holosko and Michael J. Holosko
• Chapter 3: Conducting Psychosocial Assessments with the Elderly - Susan Watt and Ahuva Soifer
• Chapter 4: Selected Problems in Counselling the Elderly - Susan Birnie-Marino
• Chapter 5: Medication Utilization Problems among the Elderly: Implications for Social Work Practice - Vincent J. Giannetti
• Chapter 6: Social Policies that Influence Practice with the Elderly - Donald R. Leslie and Michael J. Holosko
• Chapter 7: Identifying the Elderly Alcoholic: A Niche for Gerontological Social Work Practice - Michael J. Holosko and Melanie Gallant
• Chapter 8: Case Management Practice with the Elderly - Carol D. Austin and Robert W. McClelland
• Chapter 9: Social Work Practice with Sensory Impairments: Hearing, Taste, Touch, Smell, and Vision Loss - Donald R. Leslie and M. Kaye Leslie
• Chapter 10: Abuse and Neglect of the Elderly Person - Jacqueline F.L. Bobyk-Krumins and Michael J. Holosko
• Chapter 11: HIV/AIDS and the Elderly: Implications for Social Work Practice - Natalie St. John and Michael J. Holosko
• Chapter 12: Social Work Practice with Rural Elderly - Patricia MacKenzie
• Chapter 13: Retirement: Preparation, Planning, and Participation - Laura Taylor and Michael J. Holosko
• Chapter 14: Facilitating a Goodness-of-Fit between Older Volunteers and Their Communities - Judith A. Wheeler
• Section II: Selected Practice Settings
• Chapter 15: Social Work Practice with Institutionalized Frail Elderly - Ron Martyn and Len Fabiano
• Chapter 16: Social Work Practice in Nursing Homes - Lisa S. Patchner and Michael A. Patchner
• Chapter 17: Social Work Practice in Geriatric Assessment Units in Adult Daycare - Patricia MacKenzie
• Chapter 18: Social Work Practice with the Elderly in an Integrated Adult Day Centre Program - Fran Kleiner, Rhoda Kopstein, Joyce Lagunoff, and Sorele Urman
• Chapter 19: Social Work Practice with Family Caregivers of Frail Older Persons - Ronald W. Toseland, Tamara L. Smith, and Michele Zinoman
• Chapter 20: Social Work Practice with the Rural Elderly with Mental Retardation - Barbara A. Dicks and Vincent J. Venturini
• Chapter 21: Social Work Practice in a Private Retirement Community - Virginia L. Fitch, Lee R. Slivinske, and Sally Nichols
• Chapter 22: Social Work Practice with Geriatric Patients in a Rehabilitation Hospital - Virginia L. Fitch, Lee R. Slivinske, Janice Green, and Debra Hinkson
• Chapter 23: Assisted Living, Social Work Practice, and the Elderly - Elaine T. Jurkowski, Margery Kemp, and Susan Patterson
• Chapter 24: Social Work Practice in Community Psychogeriatric Programs - Darlene H. Kindiak, Jane L. Grieve, Glen E. Randall, and Victoria A. Madsen
• Section III: Future Considerations
• Chapter 25: Gerontological Social Work Practice in 2005 and Beyond - Michael J. Holosko, Linda J. White, and Marvin D. Feit

About the Author

Michael Holosko and Marvin Feit, Editors

Reviews

A comprehensive text which covers the full range of practice skills and activities required for effective gerontological social work practice in the 1990s. It is very well written and clearly articulates practice settings in both Canada and the United States. Any practitioner working in this field should have a copy of this text on their desk."" - John S. Wodarski, Ph.D., Associate Vice President, Research & Graduate Studies, University of Akron, Ohio