Social work with older people : approaches to person-centred practice /
Contributor(s): Hall, Barbara (Lecturer in social work) [editor.] | Scragg, Terry [editor.].
Publisher: Maidenhead, Berkshire, England : Open University Press, 2012Description: xi, 238 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.Content type: text | text | still image Media type: unmediated | unmediated Carrier type: volume | volumeISBN: 9780335244201; 9780335244201:; 0335244203; 9780335244218; 0335244211.Subject(s): Social work with older people -- Great Britain | Social Work, Psychiatric -- methods | Geriatric Psychiatry -- methods | Patient-Centered Care | Aged -- psychologyDDC classification: 362.6Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction / Barbara Hall and Terry Scragg -- Reflective social work practice with older people : the professional and the organization / Barbara Hall -- Contextualising the experience of older people / Chris Smethurst -- Working with older people from Black and ethnic minorities / Chris Gaine -- Working with older people with mental health needs / David Gaylard -- Working with older people with dementia / Sally Stapleton -- Working with older people with learning disabilities / Terry Scragg -- Working with older people with long term conditions / Rick Fisher and Terry Scragg -- Working with loss and bereavement in older people / Terry Scragg -- Working with older people and sexuality / Chris Gaine and Andy Mantell -- Working with older people and spirituality / Graham Tooth and Andrea Linell -- Skills in working with risk / Chris Smethurst, Vivienne Killner, Deborah Smallbones and Christine Wright -- Skills in safeguarding and supporting older people / John Gisby and Gill Butler.
An accessible textbook which takes a unique person-centred approach to working with older people. It provides readers with a basic knowledge of the legislation, policy, theory and research necessary for working in this area.