Ethnicity and Gerontological Social Work.

Ethnicity and Gerontological Social Work.

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Author / Creator:Dobrof, Rose.
Imprint:Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, 2014.
Description:1 online resource (156 pages)
Language:English
Subject:
Social work with older people.
Social service and race relations.
Minority older people.
Minority older people.
Social service and race relations.
Social work with older people.
Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12540044
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ISBN:9781317839965
131783996X
9780866566469
0866566465
1306580846
9781306580847
Notes:English.
Print version record.
Summary:Ethnicity and Gerontological Social Work presents a compassionate and illuminating update on ethnicity in this area of social work. This fine book looks at such topics as the relationship between white aged clients and non-white paraprofessional workers, minority elder maltreatment, the utilization of social services by the Mexican-American Elderly, the neglected Asian-American Elderly, public policies and services in Japan, and more.
Other form:Print version: Dobrof, Rose. Ethnicity and Gerontological Social Work. Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, ©2014 9780866566469
Table of Contents:
  • 1. From the Editor
  • 2. An Anguished Relationship: The White Aged Institutionalized Client and the Non-White Paraprofessional Worker
  • Troubled Values and Assumptions
  • Semantics and Reality
  • Like It Is
  • No More Cheap Hypocrisy
  • 3. Autobiographical Notes of a Young-Old European-American Ethnic Social Gerontologist
  • Issues for Social Work Research and Practice
  • 4. "Around the Verge of Parting Life" : Hobart Jackson, The Stephen Smith Home, and Black Gerontology
  • 5. Public Policies and Services for the Aged in Japan
  • Cultural Position of the Aged in Japan
  • Economic Condition of the Aged
  • Health Care
  • Work
  • Family Life
  • Future Trends
  • Conclusion
  • 6. Minority Elder Maltreatment: Ethnicity, Gender, Age, and Poverty
  • Method
  • Minority versus Non-Minority Profile
  • The Elder's Circumstances
  • Maltreatment Situation
  • Intervention Plan
  • Minority Within Group Differences
  • Black versus Hispanic
  • Females versus Males
  • Age
  • Official Poverty
  • Discussion
  • 7. Retired Israeli Social Workers: Work, Volunteer Activities, and Satisfaction Among Retired Professionals
  • Method and Procedure
  • Results
  • 8. The Utilization of Social Services by the Mexican-American Elderly
  • Conceptual Framework
  • Data and Methods
  • Measurement Section
  • Findings
  • Discussion
  • 9. Asian American Elderly: A Neglected Minority Group
  • Discriminatory Legislations
  • Asian American Elderly of the First Generation
  • False Assumptions
  • As a Target Population
  • Implications for Practice
  • 10. Self-Help: Model for Strengthening the Informal Support System of the Hispanic Elderly
  • Conceptual Framework
  • Project Description
  • Project Outcome and Findings
  • Recommendations
  • 11. Older Americans Act Related Homebound Aged: What Difference Does Racial Background Make?
  • The Well-Being of Black and White Aged
  • Methods and Procedures
  • Black and White Service Consumers
  • Discussion.

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