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Ethnicity and Gerontological Social Work.

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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Dobrof, Rose
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, 2014.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.