CITIZENSHIP SOCIAL WORK WITH OLDER PEOPLE

Malcolm Payne, St. Christopher’s Hospice, London

In this book, Payne illustrates society’s inclination to mistreat older people and encourages readers to combat their personal biases to improve service care for older adults. Citizenship Social Work with Older People emphasizes the importance of older people being fully recognized as complete members of society (as citizens) by others and particularly by social work practitioners.

This book actively challenges current theories of aging that foster ideas about the exclusion of older people, and promotes the idea of older people being considered functional citizens and deserving equal treatment during later stages of life. The author provides readers with many valuable resources including case examples and suggestions for how social workers can change their own ideologies about older people, which further aid practitioners in providing quality care and improving the quality of life of their clients.

Features

• Reflective questions at the end of each chapter
• Exercises that promote exploration of values, beliefs, attitudes, and biases
• Internet resources describing trends and approaches to practice

Table of Contents

Introduction
Chapter 1        Exploring Aging and Older People’s Lives
Chapter 2        Integrating Older People and Their Services
Chapter 3        Social Provision for Older People
Chapter 4        Social Work Skills with Older People
Chapter 5        Critical Practice with Older People
Chapter 6        Creative Practice with Older People
Chapter 7        Group and Macro Practice with Older People
Chapter 8        Social Exclusion Issues
References
Index

List of Boxes
1.1 Experience of Life Events by Different Age Cohorts
2.1 Support for Informal Caregivers
2.2 Diagram of an Integrated Care Pathway
3.1 Domains of Social Provision
3.2 Typical Health Care Services
3.3 Accommodation for Older People
3.4 Day Care Facilities
3.5 Types of Assistive Technology
4.1 Example of a Genogram
4.2 Ecomaps
4.3 Network Diagrams Help to Identify the Structure of People’s Lives
8.1 Ageist Attitudes in Working Life
8.2 The Social Determinants of Health

About the Author

ALSO BY MALCOLM PAYNE from Lyceum Books
Humanistic Social Work
Modern Social Work Theory
Social Work in End-of-Life and Palliative Care
Teamwork in Multiprofessional Care
What is Professional Social Work?

2012 paperback, 208 pages, ISBN 978-1-935871-08-8, $36.95