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Social work practice is becoming increasingly complex, with social workers struggling to hold onto their ideals and values in a pressurized and challenging social, political and organizational environment. This book provides an analytically coherent approach to the impact of macro, mezzo and micro factors upon practitioners'' daily experiences. In taking a positive view of social work''s potential and capacity to deliver beneficial services, detailed guidance is offered of cutting edge, creative practice with a variety of user groups.

Social work practice is becoming increasingly complex, with social workers struggling to hold onto their ideals and values in a pressurized and challenging social, political and organizational environment. This book provides an analytically coherent approach to the impact of macro, mezzo and micro factors upon practitioners' daily experiences. In taking a positive view of social work's potential and capacity to deliver beneficial services, detailed guidance is offered of cutting edge, creative practice with a variety of user groups.

Learn the skills you need to work with geriatric populations in rural areas! Gerontological Social Work in Rural Towns and Communities provides a range of intervention and community skills aimed precisely at the needs of rural elders. This book fills a gap in the literature by focusing on the specific practice concerns for social workers assisting older adults in rural areas, including the aging experience, social worker skills, professional functions, working with special populations, and health and long-term care concerns. This valuable resource will benefit social workers, gerontologists, allied health professionals in rural areas, health and human services administrators and managers. Gerontological Social Work in Rural Towns and Communities explores the challenges social workers need to overcome when working with the elder community in rural areas. This book’s significance to social workers will only increase as more adults choose to live and grow old away from the cities. Experts in the field suggest strategies to overcome barriers in planning and providing services such as:a longer distance for the elderly to travel to use social service centers a narrower range of available services in the local area increased poverty levels for the elderly a stronger dependency by elderly on family rather than public assistance This book is divided into five sections:Rurality and Agingintroduces the concept of rurality and examines the demographics of aging from a rural perspective Practice Dimensions of Social Work with Rural Eldersincludes clinical practice models, intervention and advocacy techniques, program planning, and marketing approaches Special Populationsgives attention to four special population groups: indigenous elders, African-American older adults, elderly Latinos, and disabled elders Special Issues Pertaining to Rural Elderscovers five essential issues for rural gerontological social workers: health promotion, older workers and retirement preparation, aging in place, specialized housing, and ethical practice Training and Policy Recommendationsfuture training and education recommendations for social workers are explored, as well as service capacity building, the aging network, and the future of long-term care While a variety of theoretical perspectives are explored in Gerontological Social Work in Rural Towns and Communities, the book’s empowerment orientation and strengths-based approach will enhance your abilities to improve quality of life for elderly individuals in rural communities. Each chapter contains a comprehensive review of the literature on the subject it addresses, and several chapters include tables and graphs to further establish their revealing empirical findings. An appendix provides additional sources to turn to for more information.

Learn the skills you need to work with geriatric populations in rural areas! Gerontological Social Work in Rural Towns and Communities provides a range of intervention and community skills aimed precisely at the needs of rural elders. This book fills a gap in the literature by focusing on the specific practice concerns for social workers assisting older adults in rural areas, including the aging experience, social worker skills, professional functions, working with special populations, and health and long-term care concerns. This valuable resource will benefit social workers, gerontologists, allied health professionals in rural areas, health and human services administrators and managers. Gerontological Social Work in Rural Towns and Communities explores the challenges social workers need to overcome when working with the elder community in rural areas. This book’s significance to social workers will only increase as more adults choose to live and grow old away from the cities. Experts in the field suggest strategies to overcome barriers in planning and providing services such as:

a longer distance for the elderly to travel to use social service centers a narrower range of available services in the local area increased poverty levels for the elderly a stronger dependency by elderly on family rather than public assistance

This book is divided into five sections:

Rurality and Agingintroduces the concept of rurality and examines the demographics of aging from a rural perspective Practice Dimensions of Social Work with Rural Eldersincludes clinical practice models, intervention and advocacy techniques, program planning, and marketing approaches Special Populationsgives attention to four special population groups: indigenous elders, African-American older adults, elderly Latinos, and disabled elders Special Issues Pertaining to Rural Elderscovers five essential issues for rural gerontological social workers: health promotion, older workers and retirement preparation, aging in place, specialized housing, and ethical practice Training and Policy Recommendationsfuture training and education recommendations for social workers are explored, as well as service capacity building, the aging network, and the future of long-term care

While a variety of theoretical perspectives are explored in Gerontological Social Work in Rural Towns and Communities, the book’s empowerment orientation and strengths-based approach will enhance your abilities to improve quality of life for elderly individuals in rural communities. Each chapter contains a comprehensive review of the literature on the subject it addresses, and several chapters include tables and graphs to further establish their revealing empirical findings. An appendix provides additional sources to turn to for more information.

Learn the skills you need to work with geriatric populations in rural areas! Gerontological Social Work in Rural Towns and Communities provides a range of intervention and community skills aimed precisely at the needs of rural elders. This book fills a gap in the literature by focusing on the specific practice concerns for social workers assisting older adults in rural areas, including the aging experience, social worker skills, professional functions, working with special populations, and health and long-term care concerns. This valuable resource will benefit social workers, gerontologists, allied health professionals in rural areas, health and human services administrators and managers. Gerontological Social Work in Rural Towns and Communities explores the challenges social workers need to overcome when working with the elder community in rural areas. This book’s significance to social workers will only increase as more adults choose to live and grow old away from the cities. Experts in the field suggest strategies to overcome barriers in planning and providing services such as:

a longer distance for the elderly to travel to use social service centers a narrower range of available services in the local area increased poverty levels for the elderly a stronger dependency by elderly on family rather than public assistance

This book is divided into five sections:

Rurality and Agingintroduces the concept of rurality and examines the demographics of aging from a rural perspective Practice Dimensions of Social Work with Rural Eldersincludes clinical practice models, intervention and advocacy techniques, program planning, and marketing approaches Special Populationsgives attention to four special population groups: indigenous elders, African-American older adults, elderly Latinos, and disabled elders Special Issues Pertaining to Rural Elderscovers five essential issues for rural gerontological social workers: health promotion, older workers and retirement preparation, aging in place, specialized housing, and ethical practice Training and Policy Recommendationsfuture training and education recommendations for social workers are explored, as well as service capacity building, the aging network, and the future of long-term care

While a variety of theoretical perspectives are explored in Gerontological Social Work in Rural Towns and Communities, the book’s empowerment orientation and strengths-based approach will enhance your abilities to improve quality of life for elderly individuals in rural communities. Each chapter contains a comprehensive review of the literature on the subject it addresses, and several chapters include tables and graphs to further establish their revealing empirical findings. An appendix provides additional sources to turn to for more information.

For Everyone Old, Getting Old, or Loving Someone Who Is.A memoir about aging that goes where most books won't—into the actual, daily, unvarnished reality of being old.At nearly 90, feminist activist and award-winning author Sandra Butler delivers Now What? Notes From the Front Lines of Old Age, a bracing, big-hearted follow-up to Leaving Home at 83. Readers of that book called it "e;a captivating"e; and "e;informing"e; read that left them feeling "e;so much more informed and much less alone."e; This book does the same—and then some.In these sharp personal stories, Butler moves through doctors' offices and dining rooms, laundry rooms and long afternoons. She writes about the body's negotiations, the bureaucracy of "e;care,"e; the clatter of hearing aids, the hush of hard decisions, the tenderness of friendship, and the stubborn joy that keeps surfacing anyway. She takes on subjects most writers avoid entirely—sexuality, death, truth and lies, and the complicated tangle of multigenerational relationships.This is not a how-to guide to aging. It is a how-it-is—told with radical honesty, wry feminist humor, and profound humanity. Whether you read it as a standalone or as the third in Butler's series of personal memoirs, it stands fully on its own.This book is ideal for:Anyone who wants the truth about old age—what it looks like, feels like, and demands of you.Adult children, partners, caregivers, and elder care professionals who want to truly understand what aging feels like from the inside—not from a clinical guide, but from someone living it.Older adults and seniors looking for a companion voice—one that is funny, fearless, queer, feminist, and utterly, defiantly alive.Book clubs looking for nonfiction that sparks real conversation about aging, mortality, identity, and joy.Old age as it is actually lived: complicated, courageous, often funny, and still yours. Order your copy today—and find out what it means to still be here. Praise for Now What?"e;Now What? Notes From The Front Lines of Old Age spoke to me. It provoked me to think, reflect on my own memories, do some Google research, and laugh out loud. I feel so much more informed and much less alone. I urge you to read Now What? so that you will, too."e;—Ellen P. Chapnick, Former Dean for Social Justice Initiatives at Columbia Law School, Co-founder of Canvassing Connectors"e;Rare is the writer who tells the truth and is even funny. Sandra Butler, a true original, is an old queer woman who moved in her eighties to live in Tucson, Arizona, where she miraculously managed to create a new life. and tell us all about it in a captivating book. Amazingly, now, she gives us another wonderful book about what life on the front lines of old age looks like. Hers is a blueprint for us all to live with humor and joy, no matter what."e;—Esther Cohen, Writer, teacher, cultural activist"e;In Now What, Sandra Butler presents us with both reflections on her long life as a feminist activist and a model of aging with determined dignity, unflinching honesty—and gently ironic humor. The third on her journey from "e;young-old"e; to "e;old-old,"e; this book is an advance scout's guide for those of us in our perplexing 70s whose bodies, minds, and community ties have begun to shape-shift. Butler's account is a welcome model for mindful aging and a testament to truth-telling as a source of freedom for the teller and her readers."e;—Rivkah Walton, Founding Director, Institute for Contemporary Midrash, Board Chair, Shtetl 2.0: Northwest Philly Jews & Friends Aging in Community