Ethics in Community-based Elder Care

Part 1 Introduction: elders in the community - moral lives. Part 2 Background theory: ethics and aging - an historical perspective; bringing ethics home - a new look at ethics in the home and the community; the ethical importance of home care; an ethic of care; old ethical frameworks - what works, what doesn't. Part 3 Organizations: care providers; care receivers; creating an ethical organization; organizational ethics in a nonprofit agency - changing practice, enduring values; ethics in clinical practice with older adults - recognizing biases and respecting boundaries; ethics and the frontline worker - a challenge for the 21st century; when the helper needs help - a social worker's experience in receiving home care; care at home - virtue in multigenerational households. Part 4 Practice: mapping the jungle - a proposed method for ethical decision making in geriatric social work; adult day services - ethics and daily life; is home care always the best care; a good death? finding a balance between the interests of patients and caregivers; case managers meeting to discuss ethics; who's safe? who's sorry - the duty to protect the safety of HCBS consumers; addressing prejudice - a layered analysis; cross-cultural geriatric ethics - negotiating our differences. Part 5 Policy: the science and ethics of long-term care; paid family caregiving - a practical and ethical conundrum; the case against paid family caregivers - ethical and practical issues; payments to families who provide care - an option that should be available.