Description:
Social Work Practice with Older Adults, now in its second edition, offers an innovative approach grounded in the World Health Organization's active aging policy, and the United Nation's Decade of Healthy Ageing (2021 - 2030). This text shows students how to adopt a strengths-based perspective, emphasizing the skills and resources of older adults. The Actively Aging framework addresses the health, social, behavioral, economic, and personal dimensions of aging, as well as crucial environmental factors. It also reflects the latest standards from the Council on Social Work Education and the code of ethics from the National Association of Social Workers. Spanning micro, mezzo, and macro levels of practice, this comprehensive resource guides readers through every stage of working with older adults, from assessment to termination across twelve accessible chapters.
Key Updates to the Second Edition:
- Highlights the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on practice and practice-related issues
- Contains updated policy and legislation information as well as the latest research and statistics
- Incorporates new international programs and new and/or updated occupational profiles
- Features refreshed pedagogy (exercise boxes, photos, graphs, and figures) designed for today's learners
This is an ideal text for any course focused on working directly with older adults in departments of Social Work, Gerontology, Human Services, Psychology, and Family Studies.
Brief description: Jill Chonody, Ph.D., MSW, LCSW, is a Professor of Social Work at Boise State University. Dr. Chonody has presented her research both nationally and internationally and has published more than eighty journal articles and book chapters and authored or edited three textbooks.
Review Quotes:
"This excellent and practical guide offers readers of all ages valuable tools for understanding the aging process and improving health span across the life course. Especially relevant for older adults and equally useful for younger adults, the book connects the history of aging with current issues and challenges faced in later life. It is a highly readable resource for anyone seeking to strengthen physical and mental well-being and age with greater knowledge, intention, and confidence."
Bobbie Justin, Student, Ph.D. in Social Welfare CUNY Graduate Center
Praise for the First Edition:
"This text offers a unique approach to building our social work practitioner workforce of the future. It integrates theory with knowledge and skills."
Elaine T. Jurkowski, Southern Illinois University Carbondale
"The Chonody and Teater textbook will make a solid contribution to the field of gerontological social work and provide a useful resource for students beyond their coursework."
Patricia K. Cianciolo, Northern Michigan University
"This book offers the foundational knowledge for social workers practicing with older adults and their families, while also tackling the important social justice topics related to ageism, intersectionality and diversity, and use of theories that attend to the challenges and opportunities that coincide with aging. It is a wonderful resource and offers a great lens for how to promote 'actively aging' within social work practice."
Leslie K. Hasche, University of Denver
"The common determinants to the health and well-being of older adults are discussed in a clear, jargon-free, cogent manner. The content in this text provides necessary general knowledge of older adult concerns and, perhaps most importantly, the implications critical to social work practice in gerontological and geriatric settings."
Scott E. Wilks, Louisiana State University
"Informative, up to date, and the best material I have seen for a gerontology course."
Lori M. Paris, University of Louisville
"This book will be of inestimable value to students and scholars, especially in social work."
Mejai B. M. University of South Dakota