| Description |
1 online resource (156 pages) |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Contents |
1. From the Editor -- 2. An Anguished Relationship: The White Aged Institutionalized Client and the Non-White Paraprofessional Worker -- Troubled Values and Assumptions -- Semantics and Reality -- Like It Is -- No More Cheap Hypocrisy -- 3. Autobiographical Notes of a Young-Old European-American Ethnic Social Gerontologist -- Issues for Social Work Research and Practice -- 4. "Around the Verge of Parting Life" : Hobart Jackson, The Stephen Smith Home, and Black Gerontology -- 5. Public Policies and Services for the Aged in Japan -- Cultural Position of the Aged in Japan -- Economic Condition of the Aged -- Health Care -- Work -- Family Life -- Future Trends -- Conclusion -- 6. Minority Elder Maltreatment: Ethnicity, Gender, Age, and Poverty -- Method -- Minority versus Non-Minority Profile -- Elder's Circumstances -- Maltreatment Situation -- Intervention Plan -- Minority Within Group Differences -- Black versus Hispanic -- Females versus Males -- Age -- Official Poverty -- Discussion -- 7. Retired Israeli Social Workers: Work, Volunteer Activities, and Satisfaction Among Retired Professionals -- Method and Procedure -- Results -- 8. Utilization of Social Services by the Mexican-American Elderly -- Conceptual Framework -- Data and Methods -- Measurement Section -- Findings -- Discussion -- 9. Asian American Elderly: A Neglected Minority Group -- Discriminatory Legislations -- Asian American Elderly of the First Generation -- False Assumptions -- As a Target Population -- Implications for Practice -- 10. Self-Help: Model for Strengthening the Informal Support System of the Hispanic Elderly -- Conceptual Framework -- Project Description -- Project Outcome and Findings -- Recommendations -- 11. Older Americans Act Related Homebound Aged: What Difference Does Racial Background Make? -- Well-Being of Black and White Aged -- Methods and Procedures -- Black and White Service Consumers -- Discussion. |
| Summary |
Ethnicity and Gerontological Social Work presents a compassionate and illuminating update on ethnicity in this area of social work. This fine book looks at such topics as the relationship between white aged clients and non-white paraprofessional workers, minority elder maltreatment, the utilization of social services by the Mexican-American Elderly, the neglected Asian-American Elderly, public policies and services in Japan, and more. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Language |
English. |
| Subject |
Social work with older people.
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Social work with older people. |
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Social service and race relations.
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Social service and race relations. |
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Minority older people.
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Minority older people. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Dobrof, Rose. Ethnicity and Gerontological Social Work. Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, ©2014 9780866566469 |
| ISBN |
9781317839965 (electronic book) |
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131783996X (electronic book) |
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9780866566469 |
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0866566465 |
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1306580846 |
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9781306580847 |
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