Critical Gerontology for Social Workers -

Critical Gerontology for Social Workers

Sandra Torres, Sarah Donnelly (Herausgeber)

Buch | Softcover
212 Seiten
2023
Policy Press (Verlag)
978-1-4473-6045-2 (ISBN)
33,65 inkl. MwSt
This original collection explores how critical gerontology can make sense of old age inequalities to inform social work research, policy and practice. Engaging with key debates on age-related human rights, the conceptual focus addresses the current challenges and opportunities facing those who work with older people.
This original collection explores how critical gerontology can make sense of old age inequalities to inform and improve social work research, policy and practice and empower older people.
With examples of practice-facing research, this book engages with key debates on age-related human rights and social justice issues. The critical and conceptual focus will expand the horizons of those who work with older people, addressing the current challenges, issues and opportunities that they face.

Sandra Torres is Professor of Sociology and Chair of Social Gerontology at Uppsala University. Sarah Donnelly is Assistant Professor of Social Work at University College Dublin.

Social work and critical gerontology: why the former needs the latter ~ Sarah Donnelly and Sandra Torres
Part I: Critical gerontology as guiding principles for social work for older people
The life course and old age ~ Alisoun Milne
Human rights and older people ~ Joan R. Harbison
Agency and autonomy ~ Paul Higgs
Poverty and late-life homelessness ~ Amanda Grenier and Tamara Sussman
Sexuality and rights in later life ~ Paul Willis and Trish Hafford-Letchfield
Ethnicity, race and migrancy ~ Sandra Torres
Part II: Applying the critical gerontological lens to social work research, policy and practice
Assessment, care planning and decision making ~ Anna Olaison and Sarah Donnelly
Elder abuse ~ Lorna Montgomery and Gemma M. Carney
Dementia: a disability and a human rights concern ~ Suzanne Cahill
User involvement ~ Peter Beresford
Opportunities and future prospects for gerontological social work with a critical lens ~ Marjaana Seppänen and Mo Ray

Erscheinungsdatum
Reihe/Serie Research in Social Work
Zusatzinfo Publisher's extent note; 2 Tables, black and white; 2 Illustrations, black and white
Sprache englisch
Themenwelt Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Sozialpädagogik
Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie
ISBN-10 1-4473-6045-1 / 1447360451
ISBN-13 978-1-4473-6045-2 / 9781447360452
Zustand Neuware
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