Empowering social workers for practice with vulnerable older adults / Barbara A. Soniat and Monica Melady Micklos.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Soniat, Barbara A.
Other Authors: Micklos, Monica Melady
Language:English
Published: Washington, DC : National Association of Social Workers, [2010], ©2010.
Subjects:
Social work with older people.
Physical Description:viii, 136 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Vulnerable older adults : a population demanding attention
  • Geriatric social work as a vital field
  • Theoretical perspectives
  • Value issues and ethical dilemmas
  • The importance of the client-social worker relationship
  • Assessing capacity
  • Assessing risk
  • Using the capacity-risk model to guide assessment and intervention decisions
  • Working with older people who hoard
  • Live alones : social work interventions with people with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias who live alone.